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Chamber of Commerce Starts Trade Fair March 30

Thu, 2016-03-31 06:31 — Mohamed S

The Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture is holding its annual trade fair at the Siaka Stevens Stadium from March 30 to April 25, Allan Metzger, Business Development Officer of the Chamber said in an interview last Saturday.

The trade fair will attract businesses from Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Senegal, Liberia and Guinea. Local businesses and companies like the Banks, Insurance companies and those in clothing and textiles will participate in the trade fair. Milla Group, Shankerdas will all have booths in the stadium, Mr. Metzger said.

In November-December the Chamber held a post Ebola International and national trade fair that attracted mostly local businesses. “Ebola is over so we are getting back to our normal timetable of hosting the trade fair in March April,” Mr. Metzger said.

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Salone Establishes Small and Medium Enterprise Development Association

Thu, 2016-03-31 06:22 — Mohamed S

President Koroma launched the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development Association last Thursday at the Miatta Conference Hall in Freetown to promote SMEs development in the country.

In his address, President Koroma said the aim is to provide credit facilities to micro, small and medium enterprises at single digit interest rate and with no demand for collateral. High interest rates and demand for collateral have kept many small businesses run especially by women from accessing finance to grow their business, he said.

The UK Department For International Development (DFID) has provided a £5m budget to support 29,400 petty traders affected by Ebola through a micro credit scheme. The Ministry of Trade and Industry is compiling the list.
Micro credit has been a useful method to empower women economically after the 11-year war that ended in 2002. There are several examples that show how women have grown businesses from a few thousands to millions of Leones. It comes as no surprise for some that government and NGOs are using it as part of the post ebola strategy to develop SMEs.
Monday March 21, 2016

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ENVIRONMENT-Sierra Leone

Thu, 2016-03-31 05:55 — Mohamed S

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How the outbreak and WHO's response unfolded January 2016

Mon, 2016-03-21 07:16 — Mohamed S

How the outbreak and WHO's response unfolded

January 2016

WHO's response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa had 3 phases. Phase 1 focused on rapid scale-up of the response; phase 2 focused on increasing capacities, phase 3 focused on interrupting all remaining chains of Ebola transmission, and responding to the consequences of residual risks.

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Map of Ebola cases in West Africa from January 2014 to December 2015.

Phase 1: Rapid scale-up of the response

In Phase 1 (August – December 2014), WHO and its partners focused on rapid scale-up of the response. This included:

Increasing the number of Ebola treatment centres and patient beds.
Rapidly hiring and training teams in safe and dignified burials.
Strengthening social mobilization capacities.

Work in these areas began in August 2014, as the outbreak exploded, and continued through the end of December. During this period, the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) was launched.

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Preventing Diseases From Crossing Borders in West Africa Post-Ebola

Mon, 2016-03-21 06:34 — Mohamed S

Preventing Diseases From Crossing Borders in West Africa Post-Ebola:

By Mirabelle Enaka Kima

When the Ebola outbreak was confirmed in Guinea two years ago, one of the reasons the virus spread so quickly was due to the high amount of people traffic across the borders of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. To mitigate the introduction of new Ebola cases or other diseases by cross border travellers, the Red Cross has introduced a community event-based surveillance system. It is successful, in large part, due to the engagement of community members.

Settled near the Kolantin River, a Red Cross health screening post is now part of the picturesque landscape at the popular Binticabaya border crossing between Guinea and Sierra Leone. Outfitted with a hand washing kit, a thermometer, and a register, volunteers at the screening post are ready to monitor people crossing the river between the two countries.

"I cross twice a week to visit my wife who lives in a nearby village in Sierra Leone," says one soldier as he stops to wash his hands before going for his temperature check.

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Medical Practitioners school on maternal health

Mon, 2016-03-21 06:13 — Mohamed S

Sierra Leone News: Medical Practitioners school on maternal health

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Two Ebola deaths and three suspected cases in Guinea 'flare-up'

Fri, 2016-03-18 06:50 — davidmc

World Health Organisation had just announced ‘milestone’ of no new infections in neighbouring Sierra Leone when latest fatalities came to light

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Invitation: A conversation with CDC Director Tom Frieden

Wed, 2015-01-14 20:00 — mike kraft

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Rapid Ebola test is focus of NIH grant to Rutgers scientist

Mon, 2014-12-08 17:11 — mike kraft

REPORTS Of RESEARCH ON TWO METHODS OF RAPID TESTING FOR EBOLA

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MEDICAL PRESS Dec. 8, 2014

Rutgers researcher David Alland, working with the California biotechnology company Cepheid, has received a grant of nearly $640,000 from the National Institutes of Health to develop a rapid test to diagnose Ebola as well as other viruses that can cause symptoms similar to Ebola.

Researchers will adapt this cartridge, now used worldwide for tuberculosis screenings, to collect and test samples from potential Ebola patients. Credit: John Emerson

Alland, a professor of medicine and associate dean for clinical research at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the principal investigator of the project, says health workers would be able to take the test to small villages and other remote locations where the spread of Ebola has been especially rampant and diagnose patients where they live...