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International Mutual Aid (IMA) is a Maryland
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organization working to provide disaster and emergency medical assistance to underserved populations outside of the US. International Mutual Aid was founded in November 2014 in response to the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. IMA deployed a medical team to Kono District, Sierra Leone in December 2014. This team remained in place for the duration of the Kono Ebola epidemic, coordinating with local resources to run a free primary care clinic, conduct Ebola surveillance, contact tracing, initial treatment for suspect Ebola cases, and provide public education. International Mutual Aid remains engaged in healthcare system strengthening efforts in Kono District, Sierra Leone. Kono.


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* Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa *
Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone An Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone occurred in 2014, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia. On 18 March 2014, Guinean health officials announced the outbreak of a mysterious hemorrhagic fever "which strikes like lightni ...
* Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea *
Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia An epidemic of Ebola virus disease occurred in Liberia from 2014 to 2015, along with the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone. The first cases of virus were reported by late March 2014. The Ebola virus, a biosafety level four path ...
* Ebola virus disease in Mali *
Ebola virus disease Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after becom ...
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Health in Sierra Leone In terms of available healthcare and health status Sierra Leone is rated very poorly. Globally, infant and maternal mortality rates remain among the highest. The major causes of illness within the country are preventable with modern technology and ...
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List of Ebola patients This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Africa. The pathogens responsible for the d ...


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