Sierra Leone

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When the ten-year civil war ended in 2002, Sierra Leone began the slow process of recovery. However, the 2014 Ebola crisis has had a devastating impact on the country’s economy, and the education and healthcare systems.

Sierra Leone lies on the west coast of Africa, bordering Guinea and Liberia. It has a diverse environment, ranging from savanna to rainforests.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in Sierra Leone in 1986. Our work in the country has included supporting maternal and child health, and responding to disease, including Ebola.

Daniela Steuermann

Nurse

"Every day I'm convinced again of the importance of my work here"

Daniela is a nurse from Germany, who is working in Sierra Leone, a country where healthcare has been seriously impacted by the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

19 May 2016 / 5 minute read

Justin Healy

Doctor

Vlog: Running an Ebola survivor clinic

"There is a frustration with what people have been through and what people have seen happen to them."

12 May 2016 / 1 minute read

Daniela Steuermann

Nurse

Here and nowhere else - on the children's ward in Sierra Leone

Daniela is a nurse from Germany, who is working in Sierra Leone, a country where healthcare has been seriously impacted by the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

06 Apr 2016 / 3 minute read

Samantha Roper

Medical team leader

Fighting Ebola: The real heroes of West Africa

West Africa is just emerging from the most devastating outbreak of Ebola the world has ever witnessed.

10 Mar 2016 / 4 minute read

Benjamin Black

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

F**k you, Ebola

Months of talking, over a year of reflecting, and finally on Wednesday 6 January we entered officially into Magburaka Government Hospital working alongside the Ministry of Health, immediately boost

05 Feb 2016 / 12 minute read

Benjamin Black

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

One foot in

The maternal child health project, where MSF will be supporting a district in Sierra Leone, has not begun yet. We are due to commence activities later in January.

11 Jan 2016 / 5 minute read

Benjamin Black

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Before the Beginning

“She arrived septic and in a bad condition”.

02 Dec 2015 / 5 minute read

Nick Owen

Communications

A bittersweet end to Ebola

"On the spot where it's rumoured African American slaves threw off their shackles to found their own country, the people of Freetown had gathered on this sweltering November night to relinquish themselves from another oppressor."

25 Nov 2015 / 8 minute read