Sierra Leone Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Endemic and infectious diseases=== Sierra Leone suffers from [[epidemic]] outbreaks of diseases, including [[yellow fever]], [[cholera]], [[Ebola]], [[lassa fever]] and [[meningitis]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Donaldson, Ross|title=The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One Of The World's Deadliest Diseases|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781429987073|year=2009|pages=34β35}}</ref><ref name=PHChand>{{cite web |title = The Primary Health Care Hand Book Policing |publisher = Ministry of Health & Sanitation |date = 25 May 2007 |url = http://www.health.sl/drwebsite/publish/healthcare.shtml |format = doc |access-date = 24 January 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080217052144/http://www.health.sl/drwebsite/publish/healthcare.shtml |archive-date = 17 February 2008 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> [[Yellow fever]] and [[malaria]] are endemic to Sierra Leone.<ref name=PHChand/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page