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Ebola Epidemic: The Case of Sierra Leone’s missing Ambulances

AMA — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:47:01 +0000

Freetown, Sierra Leone – Mariam Momoh was already unconscious when the taxi pulled up in front of her house. She was pregnant and had been vomiting all morning, unable to keep anything down. Her husband, Moinina, had tried calling for an ambulance, but gave up after several hours of being told that there wasn’t one [...]

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Sierra Leone is Ebola free but a Legacy of Fear remains – Al Jazeera

AMA — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:13:19 +0000

Twenty-nine-year-old Song strolls through the streets of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, as loud music blares out from the stalls of street vendors. “The war is over,” he says. “We’ve been liberated.” After 42 days with no new cases, the World Health Organization on Saturday officially declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola. “This time last year [...]

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Sierra Leone declared Ebola-free

AMA — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:05:22 +0000

Residents of Freetown in Sierra Leone have celebrated the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people since it began last year. Following 42 days with no new cases, the West African nation’s epidemic was declared over on Saturday at a ceremony attended by President Ernest Bai Koroma and United Nations World [...]

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How Traditional Healers helped defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone

AMA — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:51:10 +0000

Freetown, Sierra Leone – A year and a half after the Ebola outbreak began there is at last good news for Sierra Leone. On Saturday it is expected the country will reach 42 days since the last recorded case, meaning it will be officially declared Ebola free. Many of the almost 4,000 Sierra Leoneans killed [...]

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