Ebola in Context: taking action on the ground in Sierra Leone

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• Jane Greatorex, Senior Research Scientist, PHE with Jonathan W. Ashcroft, Kaser Research Group, Cambridge, Julia Yelloly, Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network, PHE and Miriam Mason-Sesay MBE, EducAid
• Monday 12 October 2015, 16:30-17:30
• Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Lucy Lloyd.

Special talk - open to guests

Illustrated talk from team members of Public Health England (PHE) Ebola diagnostic laboratories in Sierra Leone, and introducing EducAid Sierra Leone who run free schools in Sierra Leone.

Jane and Julia will talk about their experiences working in the laboratories in Sierra Leone. They will discuss how they set about getting to grips with laboratory diagnostic techniques for Ebola and their realisation, from analysing all death swabs, that so many of the “natural” deaths in Sierra Leone are in children under one year old. They will also talk about how their experiences of the country and its people.

Miriam will talk about EducAid. EducAid runs free schools in Sierra Leone largely funded by schools in the UK. “We provide distinctive, personalised, top-quality, holistic education and support to vulnerable young Sierra Leoneans. We are a UK registered charity that promotes and provides high quality, holistic education among the underprivileged and war affected young people of Sierra Leone. We believe that the education of young men and women is essential to: unlock human potential, overcome poverty, improve wellbeing, build democracy, and that it is the cornerstone of stable development.” www.educaid.org.uk

This talk is part of the Public Health talks series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• BHRU Annual Lecture 2015
• BHRU Annual Lecture 2016
• Cambridge Infectious Diseases
• Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR

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