FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 ...

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

Sierra Leone's brutal civil war from 1991-2002 created about 28,000 amputees. Now many live on the streets and beg, facing ...

From that first case of Ebola virus disease, the virus has spread to five countries (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, and Senegal), causing 4293 suspected and confirmed cases and claiming ...

The 2014 Ebola outbreak – the deadliest in history – was primarily in West Africa but affected Sierra Leone the most, with nearly 4,000 deaths out of the more than 11,000 recorded globally.

They marked a turning point in the fight against Ebola. The vaccine’s near-perfect efficacy offered a rare moment of hope. Today Sierra Leone is embarking on a nationwide campaign with the rVSV ...

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. It was the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus had first been discovered in the ...

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