By Mohamed T Massaquoi
Residents of Sorogbeima chiefdom in the Pujehun district, east of Sierra Leone, have expressed frustration over the shortage of drugs in the entire peripheral health units, PHUs, in that part of the country.
Speaking to Politico, councillor of Ward 325 in the area, Francis Ngellay, said there were about ten PHUs in the whole chiefdom but all of them were without the required drugs since September this year.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday that it had sent to Sierra Leone equipment that was first used in nuclear processes but can help in quickly diagnosing Ebola and was in contact with other Liberia and Guinea about their needs.
According to Reuters, the UN agency said its specialised technology could make a "small but effective contribution" to combat the outbreak.
The fight against Ebola has been fraught with a series of challenges including late availability of test results of patients.
Two Sierra Leonean soldiers said to have fired a rocket-propelled grenade bomb at their colleagues on peacekeeping duties in Somalia have been flown back home.
Private Marah and Private Turay are locked in a military Guard Room awaiting a Court Martial “soon”, according to a highly placed source at the defence ministry who wishes to remain anonymous.
By Allieu Sahid Tunkara and Mustapha Kamara
Susan’s Bay community chief, Pa Alhaji Alimamy Kamara II, has complained that the sanitary condition in his community "is extremely disgraceful and has put all our lives are under threat by opening us to health hazards".
He said there were only two latrines available for more than 15,000 residents of the seaside community, pointing out that their two councilors were showing little or no concern.
By Mustapha Kamara
Politico can authoritatively reveal that more than 100 including four Assistant Inspectors General will be sent on terminal leave between 1st January and 24th March 2015.
The four AIGs are Director of the Operational Support Division Thomas T. Kamara, Director of Traffic Management Vincent Nabieu, Regional Commander South David Sesay and Regional Commander Freetown West, Philip Wellington.
By Jenneh Braima
UNICEF’S Child Protection Specialist in Education, Janet Tucker, has expressed concern about a possible high rate of teenage pregnancy when the Ebola outbreak would have been eradicated from the country.
She was responding to information reaching them about the large number of school girls becoming pregnant following the forced closure of schools as a result of Ebola.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
