By: Renée Zandvliet, Kingtom, Freetown, Sierra Leone, October 2014
It is a hot and sweaty Friday afternoon in Kingtom, a community in the centre of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Some 20 health workers have gathered in the…
An outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) was initially identified in Guinea in March and has spread to Liberia…
By Kieran McConville, Makargbo, Tonkolili, Sierra Leona, November 6, 2014
Mabinty Bangura sits outside her family home in the early morning sun, three-month-old Isatu in her lap and three-year-old Obai by her side. At eight years old, she is now looking after her…
Dr. Alieu KargboBy: Kieran McConville, Magburaka, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, Nov. 5th, 2014
Kenema is the third largest city in Sierra Leone. Located about 185 miles southeast of the capitol Freetown, it is the biggest city in the east where the Ebola outbreak has occurred. Sadly, it is also home to…
By: Kieran McConville; Published in Huffington Post Nov. 5, 2014
By: Renée Zandvliet, Programme Quality Manager, October 2014
“OK, you have just received a call to pick up a suspected Ebola patient, an elderly woman who is vomiting and clearly very sick. What do you do?”
By: Kieran McConville, Kingtom, Freetown, Sierra Leone, November 7, 2014
Renée Zandvliet, Programme Quality Manager, October 2014
Saffie Morovia is a Health Project Officer attached to Concern Sierra Leone’s Freetown WASH project. Freetown WASH is an INGO consortium project aimed at improving water, sanitation and hygiene…
