Five ways UNICEF is fighting Ebola
Read an updated version of this post here. 1. Delivering supplies We are delivering supplies that are important for the treatment and care of people who are sick with Ebola, and for continued supply of...
View ArticleEbola: helping people with impaired vision to stay safe
In Sierra Leone, social mobilization teams have been spreading the message out about how best to protect yourself from the Ebola virus. One large billboard sponsored by UNICEF and the Sierra Leone...
View ArticleWe must defeat Ebola
It’s been more than six months since the Ebola outbreak was confirmed, and it’s time to take stock. Having just visited the three most-affected countries, I saw Ebola’s effects. Visiting Port Lokko, a...
View ArticleEbola in Guinea: changing entire cultures in 12 months
Loma Proverb: What you don’t know looks older than you Why is it taking so long? Why are people still resistant after months of explaining and explaining about Ebola prevention? The people of Guinea,...
View ArticleTraditional healers – friends or foes in the fight against Ebola?
Pa Kombrabai Kabbia is frank about Ebola’s disastrous impact on his profession and livelihood as a traditional healer in Sierra Leone. “Traditional healers have many roles when dealing with mortal...
View ArticleHelp for Sierra Leone’s flood victims
The September floods in Freetown, Sierra Leone were devastating and the areas worst affected were coastal slums where residents are already extremely poor and vulnerable. Adama Kamara wasn’t at home...
View ArticleThe day after the end of the outbreak
With the World Health Organization declaration on Saturday that the 18-month Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone was officially over, it was a poignant weekend. On Sunday morning, when the champagne glasses...
View ArticleNot everyone is equally extremely poor
We had just wrapped up a photoshoot for the ceremony introducing the injected polio vaccination into the routine vaccinations for the children in Guinea. Ebola was in major decline and the last...
View ArticleTrust saves lives
“They told me that at the Ebola hospital they would kill me and take away all my organs,” says 11- year-old Tonhon. She is the only one, so far, who has survived the recent Ebola outbreak in Guinea....
View ArticleBeating Ebola with clean water and soap
What would you do without water? Some of us are lucky enough not to have to ask that question, but many around the world are not. Especially in emergencies, UNICEF’s water, sanitation and hygiene...
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