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Issue #11 - May 8-15
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Welcome to the Internews Newsletter for media in Liberia. This newsletter is created with the
intent to support the work of local media in reporting about Ebola and Ebola-related issues in Liberia.
Internews welcomes feedback, comments and suggestions from all media receiving this newsletter
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Surveillance, abstinence and precaution in post-Ebola Liberia
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Days after Liberia was declared Ebola-free by the
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World Health Organization (WHO),
skepticisms is
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widespread as some
citizens even describe the
decision as “hasty,” pointing to Guinea and Sierra
Leone, which are both still struggling to end the
spread the disease within their borders.
·
While transmission of Ebola virus persists in
West Africa, re-introduction of the virus
through an incubating or sick patient is
possible, given the existence of porous
borders and frequent movements of people
between countries. For this reason, careful
control at the borders and strict surveillance
should be continued until the entire West
Africa sub-region is free of Ebola. These
activities require strong cross border
collaboration and effective implementation of
preparedness plans.
·
There is evidence that viable Ebola virus can
persist in semen for at least 82 days after
symptom onset and possibly longer than 6
months. However, the frequency of sexual
transmission and thehttp://www.msf.fr/
period of potential
infectivity of the virus in seminal fluids remain
unknown. Consequently, with thousands
of
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survivors in West Africa, there is the possibility
of Ebola re-emergence via sexual transmission
beyond 42 days.
In Monsterrado County, people are rumoring that
the Liberian government intends to bring back the
disease, in a bid to continue reaping benefits from
Ebola funds. The same rumor has been echoed in
Maryland
County as well.
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But according to the WHO, there are criteria that
must be considered for the Ebola outbreak to be
declared over. One of them is the 42-day
benchmark that must be reached. This benchmark
can only be considered after the last confirmed
case has tested negative twice for the virus on
blood samples, a http://bit.ly/1HmYqx2
statement from their website
reads. The 42 days are counted from the day the
body of the last Ebola patient was buried.
WHO is recommending the maintenance of a
surveillance system in Liberia with for a further 90
days.
They also suggest ongoing Ebola virus
surveillance and notification.
Given the continued risk of new importations of EVD
into any country until the entire West African subregion has stopped transmission, the consequences of
a new emergence from an animal reservoir, and the
possibility of sexual transmission or a missed
transmission chain, WHO suggests that heightened
surveillance should be sustained for 90 days beyond
the initial 42-day period. The considerations in this
regard are as follows:
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Also, the re-introduction of Ebola virus from an
animal to the human population could also occur.
Of six countries that experienced an Ebola
outbreak previously, two reported a second
outbreak within one year (Congo and the
Democratic Republic of Congo), one within two
years (Gabon) and one within three years (Sudan),
according to WHO. In total, four out of six countries
had a second Ebola outbreak within three years.
Two countries (Uganda and Cote d'Ivoire) had no
further outbreaks in the following five years.
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There is also a concern that a pregnant woman who
recovered from Ebola could release infected
amniotic fluid when delivering the baby – this case,
while possible, is supposed to be extremely rare. For
pregnant women who survive EVD and continue
their pregnancies, strict clinical follow-up
mechanisms should be put in place. High-level
infection prevention and control precautions
including use of full personal protective equipment
should be implemented to manage deliveries.
Newborn babies should undergo Ebola virus
detection and serology tests and precautions should
be used to care for the baby until the tests prove to
be negative.
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Eileen Farnan, Case Management Officer
Phone: 0888135625
[email protected]
For what it concerns Liberia, all preventive measures
applied so far and regulated by the Government
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still in place, including the special laws passed
(improved response time and contact tracking and
coordination with regional and international partners).
Sources:
Avoiding stigma in post-Ebola times
WHO says all healed Ebola patients are at risk of
stigma. They add that every effort must be made to
minimize stigma through appropriate social
mobilization,
community
engagement
and
education. “These people have completely
recovered and represent no further risk for the
community in general.”
Carmen L. Pessoa-Silva, Infectious Prevention & Control
Officer
Phone: 0886092544
[email protected]
Save the Children Liberia
Gradiah Walker, Advocacy and Policy Manager
Phone: 0886 556 290
[email protected]
How is the end of an Ebola outbreak decided and
declared?
www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/declaration-ebolaend/en/
Health advisory (11 may 2015)
https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/pr
essRoom/Current_Issues/2014/ebola-virus-disease.html
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“Adequate precautions including abstinence or use
of condoms must be taken by healed persons until
the risk of sexual transmission has disappeared.”
Contacts
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Targbeh Wreeh, Supervisor
Phone: 886826547
[email protected]
http://www.emansion.gov.lr/
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PREPAREDNESS OF LIBERIA TO RAPIDLY DETECT AND RESPOND TO AN EBOLA OUTBREAK
The World Health Organization (WHO)
says the introduction
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of an EVD case into unaffected countries remains a risk for
as long as cases are reported in any country. High levels of
preparation (coordination and surveillance) can contain
introductions of the disease with a rapid and adequate
response.
The preparation aims at ensuring that Liberia as a country is
ready to effectively and safely detect, investigate and report
potential EVD cases, and to mount an effective response.
WHO provides this support through country visits by
preparedness-strengthening teams (PSTs), direct technical
assistance to countries (deployment of staffs), and the
provision of technical guidance that include financial and
logistics support to the implementation of preparedness
plans.
Lines of action
Lead agency
Case management
WHO
Drawing examples from other countries since October 2014,
when Ebola was at its peak, PSTs provided technical support
in 14 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central
African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, South
Sudan, and Togo. Technical working group meetings, field
visits and high-level exercises helped to identify key areas
for improvement. Each country has a tailored plan to
strengthen operational readiness.
WHO continues to work with many partners in response to
the EVD outbreak, including the African Union, the
Economic Community of West African States, the Mano
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River
Union, national governments, non-governmental
organizations and UN agencies. Agencies responsible for
coordinating four key lines of action in the response are
given below.
Phone: 0888135625 http://bit.ly/1KBbzmC
[email protected]
Case finding, laboratory services
and contact tracing
WHO
Carmen L. Pessoa-Silva, Infectious Prevention & Control Officer
Phone: 0886092544
[email protected]
Safe and dignified burials
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Michael Gloeckle, Safe & Dignified Burrial Coordinator
Phone: 0770413480
[email protected]
Community engagement and social
mobilization
UNICEF
UNICEF
Rania Elessawi, C4D Specialist
[email protected]
Source: http://apps.who.int/ebola/en/current-situation/ebola-situation-report-13-may-2015
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Increased border controls
Several organizations including the International
Organization for Migration and Global Communities are
partnering with the Liberian government to implement
strict border controls (hand washing and temperature
checks) and community surveillance along the borders
with Guinea and Sierra Leone.
On March 24, Global Communities staff attended an
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bilateral meeting on cross-border surveillance in
Lola, Guinea. This was the first of six such gatherings
between Nimba and Lola counties and the latest in a series
of talks held between the two countries to strategize on
how to best monitor borders and ensure Ebola does not
cross unnoticed. Two similar meetings have been held in
Lofa and one in Bong. The meeting in Lola represents a
continuation of collaboration between both countries on
cross-border surveillance and demonstrates that all three
bordering counties of Liberia are now actively engaged
with the Guinean government.
Contacts
Projects Concern International (PCI) Liberia
Jolene M. Mullins, Country Representative, Health &
Nutrition Manager
Phone: 0880711148
[email protected]
Organization for Migration (IOM)
Andrew Lind, Communications Officer
Phone: 0880183882
[email protected]
Sources:
Ebola Situation Report - 13 May 2015
http://apps.who.int/ebola/en/current-situation/ebolasituation-report-13-may-2015
Statement on the declaration of a state of emergency by
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, August 6, 2014
http://www.emansion.gov.lr/doc/sdseg.pdf
Guinea and Liberia Publically Discuss the Importance of
Border Surveillance and Coordination
http://www.globalcommunities.org/node/38076
Discussion topics
1. Cross-border issues: The Liberian government
along with its partners involved in securing the
borders with Ebola-affected countries (Sierra
Leone and Guinea) are seeking best possible ways
of pushing their strategy beyond the limits. The
International Organization for Migration (IOM) in
particular, has been spearheading talks on
integrating Sierra Leone and Guinea in
collaborating on a strict surveillance and Ebola
prevention strategy across their shared borders
with Liberia. Focus is being put on borders in
Gbarpolu, Bong, Nimba, Lofa and Grand Gedeh
counties.
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2. Hazard pay: Liberia’s Ministry of Finance says
there have been not negative reactions
encountered since payments began to health
workers, Ebola orphans, healed Ebola patients,
and/or affected families and persons, in
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The ministry reveals that $23
million USD was provided by the World Bank and
the African Development Bank. The payments
continue till May 31, 2015. There will be a Press
Release soon, highlighting details about the
hazard pay. It should be noted that the Liberia
Medical and Dental Council has been very helpful
in identifying recipients of these funds.
3. Funds for healed Ebola patients: Responders are
discussing
critical
issues
(stigma
and
discrimination) reported by healed Ebola patients
and Ebola orphans. They are also reporting cases
where children (Ebola orphans and those of
healed Ebola patients) have been stigmatized in
schools and other public gatherings. They
acknowledge that fighting stigma and
discrimination translates to seeking best possible
ways of increasing the financial incentives which
they receive every month.
4. Community
benefits:
Responders
have
acknowledged the strong contributions and
collaboration made by all Liberian communities
during the Ebola outbreak. The Ministry of Youths
and Sports says funds were provided by donors to
compensate the efforts of the communities
through their community project proposals.
However, the funds have not been used till date,
the Ministry noted, reporting that community
members have started asking several questions
regarding this decision. Responders are discussing
ways of making use of the money that is still
available for all the Liberian communities.
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ROUTINE VACCINE
The citizens are saying the parents are now taking their children
to hospitals and clinics where they can receive routine
vaccinations to help protect against serious childhood illnesses.
Residents are confirming that Rose Cooper, leader of the Margibi
County measles vaccine awareness team, spoke on Radio Joy
Africa. They say that, though this talk, all listeners were provided
information on how to distinguish between the routine
vaccinations and the Ebola vaccine.
Margibi
Citizens say UNICEF and Crusaders For Peace have been
organizing awareness campaigns about the importance
of routine vaccinations in Montserrado County.
Montserrado
Residents in Bong County say the County Health Team, Bong
Mines radio and other organizations are educating
communities on the difference between the Ebola and the
measles vaccine.
Bong
The Ministry of Health and its partners are carrying out
awareness campaigns on the measles vaccine, helping citizens to
differentiate between the routine and the Ebola vaccine.
In Sinoe County, the citizens are confirming that UNICEF, County Health Teams and
traditional authorities are actively educating people about routine vaccinations.
Sinoe
Locals are confirming that they now take their children to receive the
routine vaccines because they trusted only in their local leaders – who
educated them about the importance of these vaccines, and the difference
between them and the trial Ebola vaccine.
Nimba
Local authorities are now using the local radio to
encourage communities to take their children to clinics
and hospitals where they can receive the routine vaccine,
citizens of Grand Gedeh County say.
Locals are reporting that the Liberian Red Cross hired some
locals join their mission and educate communities on the
importance of measles vaccine.
Grand Gedeh
Residents are confirming that the measles vaccine
campaign was launched in their county on May 8, 2015,
by the Ministry of Health and the County Health Team.
Citizens are saying the County Health Team are
partnering with local authorities in educating people
on the importance of the routine vaccinations.
Grand Kru
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funded by USAID. The project aims at
building the capacity of Liberian journalists to report accurately on the Ebola disease and on the impact of the crisis on the local population.
Montserrado County residents rumor that the distribution of
insecticide treated mosquito nets is a strategy of spreading Ebola in
Liberia because the nets have been infected with Ebola instead.
Montserrado
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EBOLA TREATMENT UNITS
People are rumoring that if the Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs) remain
open despite the country being declared Ebola-free, the government
could be tempted to start infecting people with the disease.
Margibi
EBOLA FUNDS
The citizens are rumoring that those who manage the
Ebola funds are seeking ways of bringing back Ebola to
Liberia so as to continue embezzling money.
Montserrado
Citizens are rumoring that the ETU in Grand Kru County will shut
down on May 15, 2015. They are also wondering what new jobs
ETU workers will take up, given that they have acquired rare skills
in fighting deadly epidemics.
Grand Kru
ROUTINE VACCINE
Citizens are rumoring that the on-going polio campaign will
bring back Ebola in the peak of Liberia's rainy season.
Montserrado
EBOLA-FREE LIBERIA
Citizens are asking why Liberia should be declared
Ebola-free despite the fact that its neighbors (Sierra
Leone and Guinea) are still battling to end Ebola.
Maryland
Locals are rumoring that their children will be given the
Ebola vaccine instead of the routine vaccine.
Grand Gedeh
Citizens are rumoring about a measles outbreak in district
four of Grand Bassa County. Although the outbreak has
lasted more than four weeks, there has not been any
assistance to victims, the citizens claim.
Grand Bassa
PREVENTION MEASURES
Citizens are rumoring that several community members in
Nimba County fell ill after drinking water from a well that
contained chlorine. They claim that the well owner poured
chlorine into the well without informing other users.
Nimba
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ROUTINE VACCINE
People are reporting that citizens are now taking their children to
health facilities where they can receive the routine vaccine. The people
add that their County Health Team effectively educated them on the
importance of the vaccine and also demonstrated how they could
differentiate it from the Ebola vaccine.
Residents in Gbarpolu County are saying UNICEF, WHO, eHealth and
other organizations are carrying out awareness about the polio vaccine.
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PREVENTION MEASURES
Aid agency Save the Children donated an ambulance to the
County Health Team, residents say.
Grand Gedeh
EBOLA TREATMENT UNITS
Residents claim that the ETU in Bomi County shut down last week.
Bomi
Citizens are reporting that local authorities have taken
the initiative to use the local radio and inform residents
about the need for routine vaccines to be accepted by all
families.
Red cross, UNICEF and MOH are motivating people
about the routine vaccine and encouraging parents to
take their children to clinics and hospitals.
MALARIA
The citizens are saying that the free
distribution of insecticide treated mosquito nets
have been heavily accepted by community
members. They also say the exercise started in
Greenville City and Kpayan district.
Bomi
People in these counties are confirming that the measles vaccine campaign was
launched on May 8, 2015.
The people living in the rural areas of Grand Bassa County, including district four,
have not been informed about the routine vaccines, citizens say.
Sinoe
Residents say the free distribution of insecticide
treated mosquito nets has begun in their county
without any pockets of resistance by the local
people.
Grand Cape Mount, Gbarpolu, Bong, Sinoe and Grand Bassa
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Rumors Reporting
Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs)
Rumors from local people
Grand Kru County
Well-sourced and accurate responses
The
Ministry
of
Health
recognizes
the
need
for
a
structured,
regulated
and
financially
motivated
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community health workforce. They are discussing
Health Volunteers into health workers. They recognize that the Ebola outbreak
crippled the health care system in Liberia, andhttp:/exposed
a lack of clear health
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protocols and guidelines and limited directives on how to stay safe in the wake of
an epidemic. It also uncovered the need for new staffs ranging from
community
mobilizers,
health
promoters
and
contact
tracers.
Citizens are rumoring that
the ETU in Grand Kru County
will shut down on May 15,
2015.
They
are
also
wondering what new jobs
ETU workers will take up,
given that they have acquired
rare skills in fighting deadly
epidemics.
With regards to ETUs that are still opened, the World Health Organization (WHO)
guidelines on closing down ETUs stresses that the Liberian government must
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Margibi County
endorse every ETU shut down, and that the agency running the ETU must clearly
explain the process to the host community. The process could either be a complete
People are rumoring that if shut down or repurposing of treatment facilities to serve for future deadly
the Ebola Treatment Units epidemics like cholera that need isolation.
(ETUs) remain open despite
the country being declared In Margibi County, the ETU run by the Firestone Company team is still operational,
Ebola-free, the government while that of the United States Public Health Service team closed. In Kakata, the
could be tempted to start International Medical Corps-operated ETU has its shut down
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infecting people with the
disease.
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International Medical Corps
Dziwe Ntaba, Training Director
Phone: 0775059567
[email protected]
Phone: 886826547
[email protected]
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Malaria
Montserrado County
In April 2015, Liberia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) http://bi
announced
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least 2.8 million mosquito nets has arrived in the country for distribution to
households across the 15 counties.
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1coXJIT free of charge and
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distribution began on April 25 (World Malaria Day). The consignment of long lasting
insecticide treated mosquito nets (LLINs) donated by the Global Fund to fight HIV
and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in Liberia, is the largest single donation
of LLINs since the start of the Global Fund Project in Liberia in 2005, according to
MOH.
Montserrado
County
residents rumor that the
distribution of insecticide
treated mosquito nets is a
strategy of spreading Ebola
in Liberia because the nets
have been infected with
Ebola instead.
Plan Liberia and Roll Back Malaria are among other key organizations involved in the
LLINs distribution across Liberia. The campaign intends to mainly target those worst
affected by malaria: pregnant women and children under five.
Plan Liberia
Tamba Nyuma, Child protection Advisor
Phone: 0770009076
[email protected]
World Health Organization (WHO)
Mr. Eric Johnson, Health Economist
Phone: +231 886516803
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[email protected]
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Plan Liberia
Dr Collins Sayang, Program Support Manager
Phone: 0770 009 022
[email protected]
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More Than Me
Janessa Wells, Child Health and Wellness Program Manager Phone: 0555879843
[email protected]
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Ebola-free Liberia
Maryland County
Citizens are asking why
Liberia should be declared
Ebola-free despite the fact
that its neighbors (Sierra
Leone and Guinea) are still
battling to end Ebola.
The World Health Organization (WHO) can only declare a country Ebola-free once
that country successfully completes 42 days — twice the maximum incubation
period for the deadly disease — without any new cases. Liberia successfully went
through that test. This does not mean that citizens should be complacent in their
long-term struggle because its closest neighbors (Guinea and Sierra Leone) are still
badly hit by Ebola. WHO recommends strict vigilance, heightened border
surveillance and the continuous respect of Ebola prevention measures.
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Routine Vaccine
Montserrado County
the
on-going
polio
campaign will bring back
Ebola in the peak of
Liberia’s rainy season.
Now as Liberia moves http://bit.ly/1Ff4wC7
on from Ebola, rebuilding the health care system and restoring
its immunization programs are two of the government's top priorities. As part of that
effort, Liberia launched a nationwide measles vaccination campaign on May 8, 2015.
Health officials hope to reach almost 700,000 children in a country of 4 million
people. Officials working on the routine vaccination campaign hope to vaccinate 95
percent of children under five years old against measles. They tried a similar
campaign in February when the measles outbreak was just gaining steam. That effort
failed, and Ebola was to blame.
Grand Gedeh County
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That February immunization drive
with the launch of the experimental
Locals are rumoring that Ebola vaccine trial for adults. Parents confused the two and refused to bring their
their children will be given children to the health clinics or hospitals. Officials say they've sent out Red Cross and
the Ebola vaccine instead other volunteers to assure parents that this immunization drive is ONLY about
of the routine vaccine.
protecting their kids from measles.
Grand Bassa County
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Citizens
are
rumoring
about a measles outbreak
in district four of Grand
Bassa County. Although the
outbreak has lasted more
than four weeks, there has
not been any assistance to
victims, the citizens claim.
.
Liberia National Red Cross Society
Danise Love Dennis, Beneficiary Communications Supervisor
Phone: 0886388690/0775249430
[email protected]
UNICEF Liberia
Alvina Lim, Communications Specialist
Phone: 0770267938
[email protected]
Ebola Funds
Montserrado County
The citizens are rumoring
that those who manage the
Ebola funds are seeking
ways of bringing back Ebola
to Liberia so as to continue
embezzling money.
According to an http://bit.ly/1AfJDEI
Executive Mansion release quoting presidential Press Secretary
Jerolinmek Piah, the media reports and rumors about the government “shielding
corruption” are incorrect and misleading. Rather, Piah says, they are intended to
damage ongoing efforts by the Government to deepen programs of transparency
and accountability under which continuous audits are being conducted, reports
made public, and actions taken in keeping with the findings and recommendations of
the Ebola auditing teams.
The presidential spokesman indicated that to remind the country of the recent
difficulties in the fight against the dreadful Ebola virus disease, and the success of
the entire nation in overcoming this epidemic as the Liberian President has done, in
no way suggests that she condones the “misuse and abuse” of the public trust.
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Meanwhile, the presidential press secretary has termed as “mean-spirited and
unpatriotic” the attitude
of attacking the Liberian President while she is on a foreign
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mission to represent the collective best interests of the nation.
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Executive Mansion
Jerolinmek Matthew Piah, Press Secretary to the President
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[email protected]
Prevention Measures
Nimba County
several
community
members in Nimba County
fell ill after drinking water
from a well that contained
chlorine. They claim that
the well owner poured
chlorine into the well
without informing other
users.
http://1.usa.gov/1KfAOyb
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Health workers in West Africa
should be aware of rumors that drinking chlorine or disinfectant solutions could cure
or prevent the Ebola virus disease. Chlorine is NOT a cure for Ebola. No one should
ever drink chlorine or disinfectant solutions containing chlorine. When chlorine,
sometimes called bleach, is swallowed it can make people very sick, or even lead to
death. Drinking or inhaling chlorine can cause:
· Abdominal pain
· Burning in the eyes, nose and throat
· Chest discomfort
· Coughing and/or wheezing
· Nausea and vomiting
· Skin burns
If a chlorine compound or chlorine disinfectant is swallowed, and that person feels ill
as a result, seek medical attention.
Click
here to read more.
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United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response George Conway, US CDC
Senior Medical Officer
Phone: 770003949
[email protected]
Tiyatien Health
John Ly, MD, Medical Director
Phone: 0775586946; 0886446122
[email protected]
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THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN THE GEOPOLL SURVEY
Information Needs Analysis
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FROM COUNTIES
BOMI COUNTY
- What measures could be put in place
to end Ebola?
- What is the future of Ebola in Liberia?
- What is the origin of Ebola in Liberia?
BONG COUNTY
- What are the current updates on
Ebola?
- What is the origin of Ebola?
to end Ebola?
GRAND BASSA COUNTY
Ebola?
to end Ebola?
GRAND CAPE MOUNT
to end Ebola?
Ebola?
GRAND GEDEH COUNTY
- What are the non-Ebola related
concerns?
to end Ebola?
Ebola?
LOFA COUNTY
Ebola?
to end Ebola?
MARGIBI COUNTY
Ebola?
- What are the symptoms of Ebola?
MARYLAND COUNTY
MONTSERRADO COUNTY
- What measures could be put in place to end Ebola?
- What are the current updates on Ebola?
NIMBA COUNTY
- What are the current updates on Ebola?
- What measures could be put in place to end Ebola?
- What are the symptoms of Ebola?
SINOE
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Media contacts
International Medical Corps
Dziwe Ntaba, Training Director
Phone: 0775059567
[email protected]
Save the Children Liberia
Gradiah Walker, Advocacy and Policy Manager
Phone: 0886 556 290
[email protected]
Phone: 886826547
[email protected]
UNICEF Liberia
Alvina Lim, Communications Specialist
Phone: 0770267938
[email protected]
Executive Mansion
Jerolinmek Matthew Piah, Press Secretary to the
President
[email protected]
Plan Liberia
Tamba Nyuma, Child protection Advisor
Phone: 0770009076
[email protected]
United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency
Response George Conway, US CDC Senior Medical
Officer
Phone: 770003949
[email protected]
World Health Organization (WHO)
Mr. Eric Johnson, Health Economist
Phone: +231 886516803
[email protected]
Tiyatien Health
John Ly, MD, Medical Director
Phone: 0775586946; 0886446122
[email protected]
Liberia National Red Cross Society
Danise Love Dennis, Beneficiary Communications
Supervisor
Phone: 0886388690/0775249430
[email protected]
Phone: 0888135625
[email protected]
Projects Concern International (PCI) Liberia
Jolene M. Mullins, Country Representative, Health &
Nutrition Manager
Phone: 0880711148
[email protected]
Organization for Migration (IOM)
Andrew Lind, Communications Officer
Phone: 0880183882
[email protected]
Plan Liberia
Dr Collins Sayang, Program Support Manager
Phone: 0770 009 022
[email protected]
More Than Me
Janessa Wells, Child Health and Wellness Program
Manager
Phone: 0555879843
[email protected]
Carmen L. Pessoa-Silva, Infectious Prevention & Control
Officer
Phone: 0886092544
[email protected]
International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Michael Gloeckle, Safe & Dignified Burrial Coordinator
Phone: 0770413480
[email protected]
UNICEF
Rania Elessawi, C4D Specialist
[email protected]
Media Newsletter
/internewsliberia
Resources for the media
How is the end of an Ebola outbreak decided and
declared?
www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/declarationebola-end/en/
Health advisory (11 may 2015)
https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/p
ressRoom/Current_Issues/2014/ebola-virus-disease.html
Internews Humanitarian Newsletter Issue 9
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1D2eBmYrnOxR
DR0OC0zb0t0VW8&authuser=0
http://apps.who.int/ebola/en/currentsituation/ebola-situation-report-13-may-2015
Statement on the declaration of a state of emergency
by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, August 6, 2014
Guinea and Liberia Publically Discuss the Importance
of Border Surveillance and Coordination
Preparedness of Liberia to Rapidly Detect and
Respond to an Ebola Outbreak
Statement on the declaration of a state of emergency
by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, August 6, 2014
Guinea and Liberia Publically Discuss the Importance
of Border Surveillance and Coordination

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