{"id":57191,"date":"2015-11-05T23:40:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T21:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2015\/11\/note-to-correspondents-re-plans-to-mark-end-of-ebola-transmission-in-sierra-leone-on-behalf-of-the-sierra-leone-national-ebola-response-centre-nerc-and-the-world-health-organization-who\/"},"modified":"2015-11-05T23:40:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T21:40:26","slug":"note-to-correspondents-re-plans-to-mark-end-of-ebola-transmission-in-sierra-leone-on-behalf-of-the-sierra-leone-national-ebola-response-centre-nerc-and-the-world-health-organization-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/note-to-correspondents-re-plans-to-mark-end-of-ebola-transmission-in-sierra-leone-on-behalf-of-the-sierra-leone-national-ebola-response-centre-nerc-and-the-world-health-organization-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Note to Correspondents re plans to mark end of Ebola transmission in Sierra Leone   On Behalf of the Sierra Leone National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) and the World Health Organization (WHO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <span dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n                                                    PREGNY-CHAMBESY, Switzerland, November 5, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                <\/span><\/p>\n<p>On 7 November 2015, if no new case of Ebola virus disease is recorded, Sierra Leone will have met the criteria set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for declaring the end of Ebola transmission. If Sierra Leone meets that milestone, on that day, the WHO will declare the end of Ebola transmission in Sierra Leone, at an event organised by the Government of Sierra Leone through the National Ebola Response Centre (NERC).<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The declaration will take place at a formal ceremony at the Bintumani Conference Centre, Bintumani Hotel, in Aberdeen, Freetown and will be attended by His Excellency the President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, key government officials, local government and traditional authorities, religious leaders, heads of political parties, members of the international community, healthcare and Ebola response workers and non-governmental organizations, the press and representatives of civil society.<br \/>\nStatement by Key Response Leaders:<\/p>\n<p>Dr Anders Nordstr\u00f6m, Country Representative, WHO<br \/>\nMs Bintou Keita, Ebola Crisis Manager for Sierra Leone, Interagency Collaboration on Ebola<br \/>\nA Representative of the United Kingdom<br \/>\nDr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah, Minister of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone<br \/>\nMajor (Rtd.) Palo Conteh, NERC CEO<br \/>\nThe Keynote address will be delivered by His Excellency the President of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma<\/p>\n<p>Date\/time:<br \/>\nSaturday 7 November 2015, 8:00 Freetown, GMT<\/p>\n<p>\nPlace: \u00a0Bintumani Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Freetown<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREGNY-CHAMBESY, Switzerland, November 5, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; On 7 November 2015, if no new case of Ebola virus disease is recorded, Sierra Leone will have met the criteria set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for declaring the end of Ebola transmission. 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