By Aminata Phidelia Allie
A non-governmental research organisation in Sierra Leone has called on government and other stakeholders handling Ebola funds to ensure that more resources are allocated to areas worst hit by the disease.
The Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), in a report on lessons from the governance of Ebola in the Kenema District, reveals that the Nongowa Chiefdom is the most affected part of the country with 92% of Ebola cases in the district.
Dr Abubakarr Fofanah, Health Minister
By Mohamed Vandi in Kenema
District Medical Superintendent at the Kenema Government Hospital on Tuesday has expressed optimism over the caseloads of Ebola in the district.
Francis Munu, Inspector General of Police
By Crispina Cummings
Police in Waterloo have arrested a man, said to be a member of a secret society in Sierra Leone, with bones suspected to be human parts.
Dr Kaifala Marah, finance minister
A statement from the finance ministry says Government will start paying salaries to all public sector workers tomorrow, Friday 12 September ahead of the three-day lockdown.
This comes amid concern that it will be difficult to stock up on food for three days with salaries unpaid.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation yesterday announced that it will commit $50 million "to support the scale up of emergency efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and interrupt transmission of the virus".
A press statement says the Foundation owned by the Microsoft boss will immediately release the funds to United Nations agencies and international organisations involved in the Ebola fight "to enable them and national governments to purchase badly needed supplies and scale up emergency operations in affected countries".
Richard Moigbeh (middle) chairing the meeting
Scores of descendants of Kono met in Freetown on Tuesday to raise funds to fight against Ebola in the district.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
