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SUMMARY:Ebola in Context: taking action on the ground in Sierra Leone - Ja
 ne Greatorex\, Senior Research Scientist\, PHE with Jonathan W. Ashcroft\,
  Kaser Research Group\, Cambridge\, Julia Yelloly\, Child and Maternal Hea
 lth Intelligence Network\, PHE and Miriam Mason-Sesay MBE\, EducAid
DTSTART:20151012T153000Z
DTEND:20151012T163000Z
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CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:Illustrated talk from team members of Public Health England (P
 HE) Ebola diagnostic laboratories in Sierra Leone\, and introducing EducAi
 d Sierra Leone who run free schools in Sierra Leone.\n\nJane and Julia wil
 l talk about their experiences working in the laboratories in Sierra Leone
 .  They will discuss how they set about getting to grips with laboratory d
 iagnostic 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 exper
 iences of the country and its people. \n\nMiriam 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 ed
 ucation and support to vulnerable young Sierra Leoneans. We are a UK regis
 tered 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: unl
 ock human potential\, overcome poverty\, improve wellbeing\, build democra
 cy\, and that it is the cornerstone of stable development.”\nwww.educaid
 .org.uk\n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, Institute of Public Health\, Forvie Site\, R
 obinson Way\, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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