PPT-CERF Contributions to the Ebola Response in Sierra Leone

CERF Advisory Group Meeting Geneva 28 May 2015 Agency Project title Funds WHO Response to Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Sierra Leone seven isolation units and build capacity of health workers . Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates monkeys gorillas and chimpanzees Ebola is a rare disease caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae g enus Ebolavirus There are five identified Ebola virus strains Four of the essons from crisis. Rachel . Glennerster. (IGC Lead Academic for Sierra Leone and JPAL). Joint work with . Tavneet. . Suri. (IGC Agriculture and MIT Sloan). Overview. The importance of good data in a crisis. Ebola in Sierra Leone, a crisis out of control. Marian . kruijzen. , . Cordaid. HealthCare Sierra Leone. Overview of the presentation. Ebola in Sierra Leone, a crisis out of control. Causes of the Ebola crisis being out of control. Vicious Circles. Sierra Leone. Preview. Pre-colonial and colonial Sierra Leone. Marketing board and agriculture. Diamonds. Non-inclusive government. Non-inclusive government and civil wars. Non-inclusive economies and non-inclusive governments. IPoA. within the context of the 2030 Agenda . Ms Abie E. Kamara. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Sierra Leone. July 14th, 2017. Aligning the . IPoA. and the SDGs with the pillars of the national plan – the Agenda for Prosperity (. Where did they get it?. How do you get the virus? . The EBOLA Health Commissioner. The EBOLA Health Commissioner . Understand science of disease and its transmission. Interrupt the transmission of the virus. EBOLA. What is. EBOLA?. Ebola . is a virus that lives in bats and some other animals who live in Africa. .. What is. EBOLA?. People . can get Ebola in . Africa . by preparing these sick animals for food. October 1, . 2016. Executive summary. ~162,000 . stored samples . have been identified. . ~. 28,000 . are stored in Liberia, . ~58,000 . in Guinea. , . ~33,000 in Sierra Leone . and . ~42,000 . stored outside . December 2014. Ebola . epidemics. “MSF has been working in ‘Ebola settings’ for almost 20 years, so we have an enormous amount of knowledge on safe behaviour, infection control and patient management.” - . Ebola Outbreak: . Food Security Update. FAO - WFP . 27 novembre 2014. Geographical distribution of new cases and total cases in Guinea, Liberia, . Mali. and Sierra . Leone . (WHO, Ebola response road map,26 November 2014). GOVERNANCE The Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF, recognizing the right of the people of Sierra Leone to live in peace, and desirous of finding a transitional mechanism to incorporate the RUF int Christopher Whitty. Gresham College. December 2014. Dedicated to the local, UK and international staff battling the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.. So far over 100 healthcare workers have died in Sierra Leone, and over 600 have caught Ebola and over 340 died in the wider region. . Health Promotion and Contact Tracing. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This presentation is current . as of December, 2014. This . presentation contains materials from . Scott JT, Sesay FR, Massaquoi TA, Idriss BR, Sahr F, Semple MG. Post-Ebola Syndrome, Sierra Leone. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016;22(4):641-646. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2204.151302.