THE SILENT KILLER IN SIERRA LEONE: LIVER DISEASE

A CRISIS IN THE MAKING www.sierraliverfoundation.org LIVER DISEASES ARE KILLING MORE SIERRA LEONEANS EVERY YEAR BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO NOTICE. As the largest internal organ, the liver is tied into virtually every critical process of the body. Despite its vital role in maintaining overall health, the liver is routinely ignored by the majority of Sierra Leoneans. Unfortunately dismissing the liver has dangerous consequences to quality of life and life expectancy but few understand just how high the stakes are. There is evidence that the 11 years post-war situation in Sierra Leone is more   Addiction to drugs than pre-war situation. However, there is also another specific post-conflict problems that occur, such as the relatively large number of sexually abused victims with unwanted or abandoned children still around. The Post Ebola itself caused a great harm to many people including people whose house were quarantined, Medical workers who were not using the proper Perso...

A CRISIS IN THE MAKING www.sierraliverfoundation.org LIVER DISEASES ARE KILLING MORE SIERRA LEONEANS EVERY YEAR BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO NOTICE. As the largest internal organ, the liver is tied into virtually every critical process of the body. Despite its vital role in maintaining overall health, the liver is routinely ignored by the majority of Sierra Leoneans. Unfortunately dismissing the liver has dangerous consequences to quality of life and life expectancy but few understand just how high the stakes are. There is evidence that the 11 years post-war situation in Sierra Leone is more   Addiction to drugs than pre-war situation. However, there is also another specific post-conflict problems that occur, such as the relatively large number of sexually abused victims with unwanted or abandoned children still around. The Post Ebola itself caused a great harm to many people including people whose house were quarantined, Medical workers who were not using the proper Perso...

www.sierraliverfoundation.org  PROBLEM ANALYSIS Due to increasing deaths of people as a result of Poverty,   Lack of Awareness and lack of access to good health care, they are therefore vulnerable to all forms of organ diseases such as Liver   (Hepatitis A, B and C) Lungs, Kidney, Bladder, Heart , HIV/AIDS etc. by extension the lingering consequences of our senseless war, Ebola outbreak,   family break down and the inability to go for the real organ diagnostic tests in Hospitals out of the country because of poverty, so many people are infected with these deadly diseases    with no body to give them the awareness of how to take care of themselves and their relatives, or give them support to treat the diseases.  Research shows that ordinary Sierra Leoneans and healthcare professionals are to address the Sierra Leone’s growing epidemic of Liver Disease , which is today the First most common cause of premature death in the country. Specialists...