Sierra Leone's Ebola Dragnet Has Lots of Holes
False reports and a lack of health infrastructure complicate Sierra Leone’s attempt to round up Ebola-positive individuals.
False reports and a lack of health infrastructure complicate Sierra Leone’s attempt to round up Ebola-positive individuals.
Scientists hunt for clues about why some Ebola patients survive—and how they might help others.
What does it take to treat Ebola patients?
Despite working to save others from the disease that nearly claimed their lives, health care workers who survived Ebola are feared and ostracized by their communities.
A frontline report from Sierra Leone examines efforts to change hearts and minds in West Africa’s villages.
How porridge, soft drinks and courage help some patients beat Ebola.
Ebola survivors who are medical professionals give back by caring for those whose lives are still at risk.
Journalist Erika Check Hayden is in Sierra Leone tracking the Ebola epidemic. This is her diary.
Doctors start clinical trials with the blood of survivors.
Out of the UN comes a new idea for ending war. Peacebuilders: An intensive process that gives permission for foreign 'interference' in conflict resolution.
The UN Peacebuilding Commission provides "quick win" interventions in fragile states. But can it prove effective in Africa when confusion about the concept and infrastructure of peacebuilding remains?
What's a leone worth? Explore the value of Sierra Leone's cumbersome currency.