Sierra Leone

Since the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone in May 2014, the virus has claimed thousands of victims. Throughout the outbreak, Options provided vital support to the health system as part of the response.

Young people took the lead in sharing safe clinic messages with market women in Matru Jong, Bonthe District, to help build trust in the health system.

The UK government has awarded Options with a silver medal for its work in responding to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. This news comes in the wake of the country being declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation earlier this month.

Sierra Leone has recently confirmed that the Pujehun Government Hospital is ready and able to provide emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) services. This is the first facility that has been certified since the outbreak of Ebola in 2014.

By Sallieu Sesay, Communications Consultant for MamaYe in Sierra Leone.

Despite the Ebola outbreak, more mothers, babies and young people now visit health services at private and public sector facilities.