(En)gendering post-conflict agency: Women’s experiences of the ‘local’ in Sierra Leone

Lassa Fever in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND Lassa fever (LF), an often-fatal hemorrhagic disease caused by Lassa virus (LASV), is a major public health threat in West Africa. When the violent civil conflict in Sierra Leone (1991 to 2002) ended, an international consortium assisted in restoration of the LF program at Kenema Government Hospital (KGH) in an area with the world's highest incidence of the disease. METHODOLOGY/PRI...

Post-Ebola Syndrome, Sierra Leone

Thousands of persons have survived Ebola virus disease. Almost all survivors describe symptoms that persist or develop after hospital discharge. A cross-sectional survey of the symptoms of all survivors from the Ebola treatment unit (ETU) at 34th Regimental Military Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone (MH34), was conducted after discharge at their initial follow-up appointment within 3 weeks after...

The Political Economy of Internal Conflict in Sierra Leone

Diamonds, Foreign Aid, and the Uncertain Prospects for Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Sierra Leone

This article examines the external and internal dimensions of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone. The United Nations, bilateral donors such as the United Kingdom, and transnational non-governmental organizations and aid agencies have been instrumental in providing much-needed external assistance to Sierra Leone during the latter stages of its civil war and in the immediate post-war pe...

Experiences of providing prosthetic and orthotic services in Sierra Leone--the local staff's perspective.

UNLABELLED In Sierra Leone, West Africa, there are many people with disabilities in need of rehabilitation services after a long civil war. PURPOSE The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of prosthetic and orthotic service delivery in Sierra Leone from the local staff's perspective. METHOD Fifteen prosthetic and orthotic technicians working at all the rehabilitation...