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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone: Direct Relief's programme activities update Jun 2006

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneRecipient: Ndegbomei Development Association Shipment Number: 5087 Shipment Date: 6/13/2006 Value: $128,847Sierra Leone, a country of approximately six million...

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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Midwife Graduates Equipped to Save the Lives of...

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneWritten by Lindsey Pollaczek, Senior Program Manager on April 16, 2013 Saturday was an exciting day for the midwifery graduates at the School of Midwifery in...

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Sierra Leone: Ebola Outbreak: Emergency Supplies Headed to Sierra Leone

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneIn response to the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic to date, Direct Relief is sending emergency shipments of urgently requested medicines and supplies to its...

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Sierra Leone: Ebola Outbreak: Aid Arrives in Sierra Leone

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneAn emergency shipment of supplies for the deadly Ebola outbreak spreading across West Africa arrived this week at Direct Relief’s partner Wellbody Alliance in...

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Sierra Leone: 22 companies commit medical resources to fight ebola

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra LeoneDirect Relief announces a wave of corporate contributions in response to critical shortages of personal protective equipment and...

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Sierra Leone: Ebola Response: Life-Saving Protective Gear Arrives in Sierra...

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneEmergency supplies to protect health workers in Ebola hot zones arrived in Sierra Leone this week and are en route to Direct Relief’s partner Medical Research...

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Liberia: Ebola Response: Humanitarian Charter 747 Brings 100 Tons of Medical...

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Liberia, Sierra LeoneNew York, New York, Sept. 20, 2014 – A Direct Relief-chartered Boeing 747 departed John F. Kennedy International Airport today with 100 tons of...

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Liberia: Ebola Response: Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Grants $1 Million to...

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra LeoneLast month, Philanthropist Paul G. Allen announced he is increasing his commitment to fight Ebola to at least $100 million. Today, Mr. Allen...

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Sierra Leone: 63 people survived ebola today, a hospital in Sierra Leone reports

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra Leone63 people left the Hastings Treatment Center in Sierra Leone today Ebola free, according to staff at the Medical Research Centre. Direct Relief works with MRC...

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Liberia: More Ebola Aid Bound for Liberia and Sierra Leone

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Liberia, Sierra LeoneAnother wave of aid supplies to help save lives in areas affected by the Ebola crisis left Direct Relief’s headquarters this week, bound for Sierra...

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Sierra Leone: First Ebola Treatment Unit for Local Health Workers Arrives in...

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneDirect Relief delivers two 10-bed medical tents specifically for local health staff in Sierra LeoneSANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 23, 2014 – In response to urgent...

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Sierra Leone: 747 Jets to West Africa as Ebola Response Pivots toward Recovery

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Liberia, Sierra LeoneDirect Relief Delivers 83 Health Facility Supply Modules, Prescription Medicines to Help Revitalize Ebola-Affected Health FacilitiesSANTA BARBARA,...

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Sierra Leone: Re: Fast Company’s most innovative nonprofits

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra LeoneEbola Crisis Mapping Lands Direct Relief in Top 10The Ebola outbreak began in December of 2013 in a small village near the border between...

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Sierra Leone: From the Field: Battle Against Ebola Continues in Sierra Leone

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneA team from Direct Relief is traveling through West Africa to better understand the needs of health care partners and formulate long-term strategies for...

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Sierra Leone: From the Field: Health Facilities in Sierra Leone Work to...

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneA team from Direct Relief is traveling through West Africa to better understand the needs of health care partners and formulate long-term strategies for...

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Sierra Leone: From the Field: Community Health Workers Prove Paramount to...

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneA team from Direct Relief is traveling through West Africa to better understand the needs of health care partners and formulate long-term strategies for...

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Sierra Leone: How Japan relief efforts four years ago are helping fight Ebola...

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Guinea, Japan, Liberia, Sierra LeoneFour years ago, the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear disaster battered northern Japan on March 11,...

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Sierra Leone: CGI commitment: Ebola survivor services, Sierra Leone

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneEven before the Ebola outbreak began in 2014, Sierra Leone’s health care system was fragmented, underfunded, and thinly staffed.With Ebola, it was overwhelmed...

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World: Global Fistula Map

Source: UN Population Fund, Direct ReliefCountry: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic...

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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Reeling in Wake of Rising Flood Waters

Source: Direct ReliefCountry: Sierra LeoneSeveral hundred people are reported dead with many more missing after a devastating series of mudslides and floods ripped through communities in and around...

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