Samuel Kargbo interview and PDF transcript

[00:00:00] Provides medical background; currently director of health systems policy planning and information within the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, worked in Freetown, describes Freetown during the West Africa civil war, running a clinic at the stadium, MSF programme supervisor, then back to the Ministry of Health at the Connaught Hospital. [00:05:00] Talks about 1999 global campaign for ‘kick polio by year 2000’, the Civil War and medical staff being kidnapped, his role to deliver health and talk to rebels, his role in Kailahun, wanting to give healthcare and vaccinations to the women and children in the district, opening a hospital, being shot at. [00:16:26] 2004 Master’s degree at Leeds University, UK, in public health and post war rehabilitation, then in 2006 posted to Koinadugu in the North of Sierra Leone, focus on maternal and child health, pioneered programme for mothers teaching each other and passing on knowledge, setting up savings and loans schemes, community bank, enabling government assistance with payment for operations, championing free healthcare for pregnant women. [00:28:30] Post Ebola recovery strategy. [00:30:00] Recalls hearing Ebola was in Guinea, visiting Kailahun and training staff about Ebola, talks about bats, first Ebola cases in Kailahun, Ebola patients being taken to Kenema, speaking to Dr Khan, going to Port Loko, role as chief burial officer in Freetown. [00:35:30] Work on Ebola vaccines, getting healthcare staff to understand the benefit of vaccines, challenges around vaccines and people being vaccine hesitant. [00:44:19] End of Interview.

03/03/2015

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