Abstract Improved capacity of the civil service in Sierra Leone is critical to deliver services for citizens. The government is tackling challenges of poor performance through a flagship public sector reform program (improving productivity through management and pay reforms), a part of which involves reform of the civil service.
Jan 26, 2015· Ebola virus disease (EVD) has caused more than 8,000 deaths in West Africa in the past year. The most affected countries are Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone [].This is the largest Ebola outbreak since 1976 when the virus was first discovered [2, 3].Although the first case of the present outbreak was discovered in Guinea, the incidence in this country is at a relatively lower level as ...
Apr 19, 2021· Abstract . Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected health systems in many countries, but little is known about effects on health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. This study examines the effects of COVID-19 on health service utilisation in a sub-Saharan country, Sierra Leone. ... During the Ebola epidemic, Sierra Leone ...
In this study, 100 samples of roasted nuts (50 cashew nuts and 50 peanuts) vended within two cities of Sierra Leone were analysed for mycotoxins and other microbial metabolites by a LC-MS/MS method. The peanut samples contained detectable levels of 17 microbial metabolites, including aflatoxins B 1, B 2, G 1 and G 2 and alternariol, while none ...
Sep 07, 2010· Abstract. The Sierra Leone war, which lasted between 1991 and 2002, gained notoriety around the world for "blood" or "conflict" diamonds and some of the worst atrocities ever perpetrated against civilians in a modern conflict.
Our results support the hypothesis that the decline of ART-patients that were 'currently in care' during 2014 was attributable to the EVD epidemic in Sierra Leone. The impact of Ebola on the continuity of HIV care was variable between and within health districts. This study will contribute to improve future epidemics preparedness.
Abstract This paper presents an assessment of the first phase (2008–2009) of Sierra Leone's Cash for Works program based on a qualitative and quantitative analysis examining program design features, main processes and impact. The assessment highlights that while Cash for Works
Abstract The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of the education sector that enables a shared understanding among stakeholders, and thus lays a foundation for the preparation of an Education Sector Plan. ... Education in Sierra Leone : Present Challenges, Future Opportunities. Africa Human Development.
Informal finance in Sierra Leone: Why and how it fits into the financial system By Ilara Mahdi May 2018 Abstract: This paper investigates why in Sierra Leone the informal financial sector continues to exist alongside the formal financial system, despite the implementation …
Abstract Free full text Similar Articles HYGIENE IN SIERRA LEONE. British Medical Journal, 01 Sep 1925, 2(3377): 524 PMID: 20772176 PMCID: PMC2227219. Free to read. Share this article Share with email Share with twitter Share with linkedin Share with facebook. Abstract . No abstract provided. ...
Jun 04, 2018· A baseline survey in 2007-2008 found lymphatic filariasis (LF) to be endemic in Sierra Leone in all 14 districts and co-endemic with onchocerciasis in 12 districts. Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin started in 2006 for onchocerciasis and was modified to add albendazole in 2008 to include LF treatment.
Dec 16, 2013· Abstract. Rape and sexual violence loom large in the study of civil war in Africa. Sierra Leone has been one of the most prominent cases for establishing rape as a 'weapon of war', yet little is known about how sexual violence was understood by commanders or combatants within the Revolutionary United Front (RUF).
Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone has experienced vast land-cover changes over the past three decades. In Sierra Leone, however, availability of updated land-cover data is still a problem even for environmental managers. This study was therefore, conducted to provide up-to-date land-cover data f …
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Sierra Leone in West Africa is in a Lassa fever–hyperendemic region that also includes Guinea and Liberia. Each year, suspected Lassa fever cases result in submission of ≈500–700 samples to the Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Diagnostic Laboratory in eastern Sierra Leone. Generally only 30%
Aug 30, 2017· Abstract en. The article examines experiences of the 2014-15 Ebola crisis in Freetown, Sierra Leone, through an analysis of the performance of burials. While most of the city's residents had no contact with the virus, 'Ebola' was inescapable, owing to the onerous state of emergency regulations imposed by national and international ...
Abstract Background ... Conclusions: The willingness of community members in Bo, Sierra Leone to accept a TBV as part of an integrated anti-malarial strategy suggests that the atypical mechanism of TBV action might not be an obstacle to future clinical trials. This study's findings suggests that perceived general barriers to vaccination ...
Abstract. Focusing on informal markets, particularly Sierra Leone's lucrative illicit diamond industry, the book shows how some politicians and a few businessmen exercise significant political authority through private control of these resources. These clandestine circuits sustain powerful political and economic networks in times of crises.
d, a cross-sectional two-stage cluster-based survey conducted in Sierra Leone in 2012, were analyzed to determine access to maternal care, family planning use, and location of delivery. RESULTS: Of 3,318 females of reproductive age (12–50 years of age), 1,205 participants were interviewed in depth. Twenty percent (95% confidence interval [CI] 17.9–22.5) of respondents reported ...
in a situation like the one prevailing in the. Sierra Leone civil war can easily come to. internalise a certain pattern of alcohol and. drug consumption. This could lead to the. conclusion that an ...
Laws of Sierra Leone, 1960, Government Printer, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Vol. 4, pp. 2198-2227 PDF of Act. Abstract/Citation: Entitled "The Employers and Employed Ordinance" prior to independence. Act regulates relations between employers and employed, and safeguards heath of the employed. Sets forth provisions relating to the formation and ...
Abstract. We analyze the level of inequality in rural Sierra Leone in the early colonial period. Previous research has suggested that the colony was established under highly egalitarian ideals.
Teaching emergency and essential surgical care in Sierra Leone: a model for low income countries. Leow JJ, Groen RS, Kamara TB, Dumbuya SS, Kingham TP, Daoh KS, Kushner AL. J Surg Educ, 68(5):393-396, 02 Jul 2011 Cited by: 8 articles | PMID: 21821219
Sierra Leone - REVITALIZING EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN SIERRA LEONE (P133070) 12/31/2018 Page 1 of 8 Public Disclosure Copy ... of a draft 2018 Annual Year Book and Statistical Abstract has also been completed and the team is now finalizing the data validation exercise in exercise. Finally, the terms of reference for the procurement of key ...
Apr 23, 2015· Sierra Leone is one of three countries recently affected by Ebola. In debates surrounding the circumstances that contributed to the initial failure to contain the outbreak, the word 'trust' is often used: In December 2014, WHO director Margret Chan used 'lack of trust in governments'; The Lancet's Editor-in-Chief, wrote how Ebola has exposed the '… breakdown of trust between ...
Abstract. Sierra Leone is one of the world's poorest countries and has been so for over 40 years. It is currently ranked by the IMF as the tenth poorest country with a per capita GDP of 505. In recent years it has been ravaged by civil war (1991-2002) and paralysed by the Ebola virus. Yet it is a country rich in mineral resources - in ...
Abstract Sierra Leone has some of the highest rates of genital mutilation/cutting, sexual and gender-based violence, child marriages, and teenage pregnancies in the world (Save the Children, 2020). While there are many
Sep 01, 2016· Abstract. Thousands of persons have survived Ebola virus disease. Almost all survivors describe symptoms that persist or develop after hospital discharge. ... Because musculoskeletal pain is a common complaint in the general population in Sierra Leone, a community-controlled comparison is needed. In survivors of the Kikwit Ebola-Zaire outbreak ...
Abstract and Figures. The purpose of this paper is to identify the key factors that influence effective performance improvement in public sector institutions in Sierra Leone. This paper attempts ...
The main purpose of this research was to understand the civil war in Sierra Leone and its antecedents, and to analyse the package of reconstruction reforms which came along in the post-war era and ...
Jan 22, 2012· Abstract. This paper examines the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Special Court (SCSL) engaged by Sierra Leone in collaboration with the UN to address the human rights violations occasioned by the civil war in that country.
May 11, 2021· Slide 1: My essay is titled, Of War and Nature: The Environmental and Social Degradation of Sierra Leone. By Me, Tasia Terrell Slide 2: My essay is about the political ecology of Freetown Sierra leone after the 1991 civil war that set off mass migration to the peninsula, which forever changed the political ecology of the region. Slide 3: This was due to the rapid urbanization that altered …
Sierra Leone, situated on the Atlantic coast of Africa and bordered by Guinea and Liberia, has a proud history of education but in recent years has been devastated by warfare and an outbreak of ...
Show abstract... To mobilize more domestic funds and attract more international resources for education from primary level upward, Sierra Leone needs to show clear evidence, together with a ...
histories of Sierra Leone's 149 chiefdoms. In this manuscript, we provide those histories. The chieftaincy in Sierra Leone was established in 1896, when Governor Cardew transformed society by empowering a set of Paramount Chiefs as the sole authority of local government in …
Sep 17, 2011· Abstract. Intense debate surrounds truth commissions as to their mission, perceived roles and outcomes. This paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of truth commissions in post-conflict settings. It examines the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Sierra Leone, the first truth commission to be engaged concurrently with a ...