OB Sisay describes the function of the national response centre, analyses external interventions and considers what the country learned from the crisis.
Jamie Hitchen, recently back from a trip to Sierra Leone, reflects on how a popular musician’s song about corruption has captured the mood of its citizens.
Jamie Hitchen looks ahead to when Sierra Leone is declared Ebola free and asks how the country can build an adequate health care system that offers sufficient support and protection to patients and staff.
11 of Sierra Leone’s 123 medical doctors have perished fighting Ebola. Jamie Hitchen sheds light on the burden that has fallen on local health care staff and questions whether they have received enough support and recognition.
Paul Adams reports from the launch of the AfDB and World Bank joint programme to support post-Ebola recovery, where the emphasis was on Africa’s responsibility to its fragile states.
As schools closed because of Ebola get set to re-open in Sierra Leone, Jamie Hitchen looks at one group that won’t be returning to the classroom – pregnant teenagers – and the possible long-term implications.
Jamie Hitchen highlights findings from a damning report by Sierra Leone’s Auditor-General into government spending of funds allocated to fight Ebola between May and October 2014.
Jamie Hitchen questions whether Sierra Leone’s government has sufficiently bridged the gap between promises and reality in fighting the Ebola virus and asks what might be the long term consequences.
Jamie Hitchen looks at the growing stigma facing Ebola survivors and how the virus has divided families and communities, creating rifts within the country that will take time to heal.