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October 22, 2014
Ebola Increases Threat to Child-bearing in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. Now, Ebola is likely to push it even higher. Health officials say almost all pregnant women infected with the virus, along with their babies, die from the disease. For VOA, Adam Bailes reports from Sierra Leone
October 20, 2014
Ebola Orphanage Opens in Sierra Leone

New interim care center aimed at helping growing number of children affected by deadly disease
October 20, 2014
Ebola Orphanage Opens in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone's first Ebola orphanage has opened in the Kailahun district. Hundreds of children orphaned since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak face stigma and rejection with nobody to care for them. Adam Bailes reports for VOA about a new interim care center that's aimed at helping the growing number of children affected by Ebola.
October 11, 2014
A Day with Sierra Leone’s First Ebola Burial Team

In West Africa, traditions are suffering in the time of Ebola, as important burial rites are bypassed. Since June, Sierra Leone's government has decreed all deaths be treated as suspect and should only be handled by trained Ebola teams. Adam Bailes reports for VOA News from Kailahun, where Sierra Leone's first body management team was established and remains hard at work.
October 07, 2014
Ebola Devastates Whole Villages in Sierra Leone

With a failing health system, many are left with little support as Ebola wipes out entire families, leaving many children orphaned and devastated
September 26, 2014
Exclusive: No Ebola Treatment at Sierra Leone Holding Center

A university complex is being used as a makeshift holding facility for Ebola patients because sick people have nowhere else to go

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