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Kornya revisits Kenema District with husband

Mon, 2016-04-11 15:56 — davidmc

An epidemiologist from Uganda, Dr. Monica Musenero Masanza known as ‘KORNYA’ meaning in Mende tribe female warrior was the brain behind the successes against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Kenema district and other parts of the country.
Dr. Monica once again paid visit to Kenema district on Saturday, 2nd April 2016 together with her husband, Dr. Michael Masanza to reflect on her work in the Ebola Task Force team that was set up in Kenema district during the fight to contain the Ebola outbreak in the district.
Meeting with stakeholders in Kenema at the office of the Mayor of Kenema City Council, all present rained words of praises on Dr. Monica and family for allowing her to come to Sierra Leone to help Sierra Leonean during the Ebola crisis.
Making statement Augustine Sannoh regional chairman civil society organization says while in Ghana he received called from Dr. Monica that her husband is on her way to Sierra Leone particularly Kenema to see the team she worked with during the Ebola fight in the country.

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“I asked God, why you make me to survive?” An Ebola survivor’s struggle to recover from devastating loss

Fri, 2016-04-08 15:44 — davidmc

“I lost my father, my mother, my stepmother. I lost nine relatives, including my husband,” says Aisha Kamara, a nurse at the government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone who remarkably managed to survive Ebola, even after having treated her sick father.

Nine family members. Just like that. Gone. “Ebola just came and destroyed all our families,” says Aisha, whose story rings true for many families across Sierra Leone. Now, with the outbreak over (Sierra Leone reported two flare-up cases in January after the outbreak was declared over in November 2015), these families must somehow pick up the pieces and figure out a new normal.

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Seven Graphics that Explain Energy Poverty and How the US Can Do Much More

Sat, 2015-06-20 14:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

cgdev.org - by Todd Moss and Madeleine Gleave - February 18, 2014

1. Energy poverty is an endemic and crippling problem; nearly 600 million people in Africa live without access to any power, which also means no access to safer and healthier electric cooking and heating, powered health centers and refrigerated medicines, light to study at night, or electricity to run a business. Here’s the situation in the 6 countries chosen to be part of President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative, home to nearly 1/3 of the continent’s population:

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