Honourable Captain Momodu Allieu Pat-Sowe interview and PDF transcript

[00:00:00] Background and previous roles, currently minister of fisheries and marine resources since 2007. Went to secondary school in Sierra Leone, given university scholarship by Germany, harbour master at Sierra Leone port, postgraduate management studies degree at Plymouth University, worked in English Civil Service, then in the United States. [00:03:30] Remembers Ebola coming to Guinea then Liberia, first case in May in Sierra Leone. [00:05:00] Talks about government in Sierra Leone, his government role, impact of Ebola on Sierra Leone, declaration of emergency. [00:09:00] Ebola cases travelling via water, trying to restrict movements, harbourmasters in every area. [00:11:50] Traditional customs in Sierra Leone, why people with Ebola try to evade the authorities, how the authorities manage that, gives example of someone infected on fishing boat, contact tracing, his personal feelings towards Ebola deaths in Sierra Leone. [00:16:06] End of interview.

05/03/2015

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