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The liberal peace and post-conflict peacebuilding in Africa : Sierra Leone [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis critiques liberal peacebuilding in Africa, with a particular focus on Sierra Leone. In particular, it examines the interface between the liberal peace and the “local”, the forms of agency that various local actors are expressing in response ...
Tom, Patrick
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, 2017 Sierra Leone is a relatively small economy with potential for jobs-rich growth. It is an extremely poor nation with substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources. Nearly half of the working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture. Alluvial diamond mining remains the major source of hard currency earnings, accounting for nearly half
Gonzalez, Alvaro S. +1 more
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Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: Sierra Leone's life expectancy in 2019 was 61 years, below the average for low-income African countries. This study aimed to determine factors associated with morbidity and mortality among inpatients at Koidu Government Hospital (KGH ...
Ivan Augustine Barrie +7 more
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An outbreak investigation of a highly fatal Lassa Fever in Bo District, Sierra Leone, 2023
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: Lassa fever is endemic in West Africa, with an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 infections and 5,000 deaths annually. On February 1, 2023, the Bo District Surveillance Team received a notification from a community in the district about ...
Ibrahim Conteh +9 more
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Community engagement in outbreak response: lessons from the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
BMJ Global Health, 2020 Documentation of structured community engagement initiatives and real-time monitoring of community engagement activities during large-scale epidemics is limited.
Katharine Owen +11 more
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IMF Staff Country Reports, 2018 Sierra Leone is a fragile state. Since emerging from a decade-long civil war in 2001, the country has made notable economic progress but has also suffered occasional setbacks, such as the Ebola Virus Disease epidemic of 2014. A three-year ECF arrangement was approved June 2017 to help address Sierra Leone’s macroeconomic weaknesses—in particular, low ...
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Evaluation of an Electronic Case-based Disease Surveillance System in Karene District, Sierra Leone
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: In 2018, the Government of Sierra Leone introduced an electronic Case-based Disease Surveillance System (eCBDS) to enhance timely data collection, analysis, and dissemination for outbreak detection.
Eldred Olufemi Moore +8 more
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Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: Yellow fever is one of the epidemic-prone and immediately reportable diseases in Sierra Leone. On September 7, 2023, the Western Area Urban District Surveillance Unit received a notification on a suspected yellow fever case from Connaught ...
Umaru Sesay +5 more
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IMF Staff Country Reports, 2019 Actions by the new government since taking office in April 2018 helped to stabilize macroeconomic conditions, but the situation remains challenging. Overall growth remained subdued. While elevated, inflation is tracking down. Program performance is broadly on track, though progress on structural measures has been slower than anticipated.
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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization services in Sierra Leone, 2021
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in movement and service restrictions during 2020 and 2021 that may have affected the essential immunization services in Sierra Leone.
Kassim Kamara +5 more
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