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November 2014

Freetown, Nov. 4, 014 (MOHS) - The Ministry of Health and Sanitation wishes to express its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and relatives of the Late Dr. Godfrey Alexandra Jonathan George, former Medical Superintendent

The Sierra Leone local tabloid, the “Trumpet” of October 16, 2014 edition has described the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Sierra Leonean born Zainab Bangura as a tough

The “bottleneck” in the Ebola War is the lack of adequate laboratories – as people who die have to wait a couple of days before the laboratories can determine and report to their relatives that

4 November 2014 – The UN envoy coordinating the global response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa said in the Liberian capital today that when national governments, partners and communities work together, “dramatic improvement”

11-4-14 - Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund,

Port Loko, Oct. 25, 014 (MOHS) - Paramount Chiefs in the Port Loko district have taken a vow to stop the growing denial on the Ebola outbreak in their various chiefdoms in the district. Assuring President

Penny Appeal, a humanitarian organization in collaboration with the Jamil Jalil Temne Central Mosque has donated 42 million Leones worth of food items to 41 Ebola survivors at the Hasting Treatment Center in the Western

Investments in kick-starting economies and long-term development urgently needed New York, 3 November -- The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is impairing the ability of governments to raise revenues, increasing their exposure to domestic and foreign