How can we develop Sierra Leone after Ebola?

Mindful of the lessons of the Ebola response, which reasserted the need for Sierra Leone's sovereignty in its own development, the country's economic recovery plan is led by Sierra Leoneans. read more

Right now, Sierra Leone needs both relief and development. Some areas lack food and the rice production is way down. Teen pregnancy rates have soared. Many other diseases have gone untreated. The health care system, feeble before the outbreak, has been devastated. All levels of health care staff must be trained. read more

Free of Ebola. In November 2015, Sierra Leone was officially declared free of Ebola, after the virus claimed 4,000 lives in the country. While Liberia was first declared free of the virus in May 2015, more cases of Ebola were reported several weeks later. read more