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Sierra Leone: Pregnant schoolgirls excluded from school and banned from exams

Nov 06, 2015, at 09:37 pm

Freetown, Nov 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Thousands of pregnant girls, excluded from mainstream schools and barred from sitting upcoming exams, risk being left behind as Sierra Leone moves forward from the Ebola crisis, Amnesty International said in a report published on Friday.

Sierra Leone begins 42-day countdown to be declared free of Ebola virus transmission - UN health agency

Aug 27, 2015, at 04:28 pm

New York, Aug 27 (IBNS) Sierra Leone on Wednesday began its countdown to be declared by the World Health Organization as free of Ebola virus transmission as the West African nation's President described the release of the last patient treated for the disease at a treatment centre as "the beginning of the end of Ebola."

No new Ebola cases reported in Sierra Leone in past week for first time since outbreak: UN

Aug 18, 2015, at 08:16 pm

New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced that no new Ebola cases were reported during the most recent reporting period in Sierra Leone for the first time since the beginning of the outbreak in West Africa, thanks to strong community involvement and the thorough work of rapid response teams.