Ten months ago, the deadly Ebola virus invaded Sierra Leone. What sounded like a fairy tale metamorphosed into another nightmare stirring up painful memories of the years of Rebel war. Knowing no kith or kin, showing no mercy to...
The current Ebola crisis in Africa will have far-reaching consequences for generations to come. Advances in development that took years to accomplish are starting to vanish as three of the poorest countries in West Africa struggle to get Ebola...
The 2014 Ebola outbreak currently devastating the people of West Africa is one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history and the first in West Africa, with most recent figures estimating the total numbers of deaths at over 6,000...
Andrew, a quietly-spoken New Zealander, is one of the IFRC team in Kenema. There are two very different sides to Andrew’s role as the Discharge Officer at the Field Hospital for Ebola patients. As he puts it himself, ‘there...
The dry season is fast approaching and it is getting considerably hotter here in Kenema. Many of the IFRC workers are not used to such tropical heat, and today they brought a new large electricity-generator to the compound. The...
Having been out of Sierra Leone since July this year, I returned to our Kenema base in early November. Given that the town was the initial epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak and as the constant and harrowing media...
We have received requests from members in countries not currently affected by Ebola to support their efforts in preparing for a possible outbreak. These include projects aimed at strengthening health systems so as to be better able to deal with...
The Ebola crisis is unravelling gains in development that have taken nearly a generation to achieve after more than 4,500 estimated deaths have ravaged three of the poorest countries in West Africa. Sr. Teresa McKeown with the Sisters of...