Alfred Navo and Daniel Kamara from Restless Development interview and PDF transcript

[00:00:00] Daniel and Alfred give introductions, Ebola virus response programme, Restless Development [RD] funded by British government, work of SMACK Youth Sexual Reproductive Health programme, teenage pregnancy and gender-based violence. [00:06:00] Hearing about first Ebola case in Kailahun, staff training, ending the programme, RD presence in the community, RD implementing social mobilisation in the community, messaging and communication around Ebola, conspiracy theories around Ebola, new rules around traditional burials, women as part of burial teams, co-operation of traditional leaders. [00:22:30] Differences in areas like Port Loko in beliefs around death and burials. [00:26:00] Struggles of RD in Port Loko in terms of behavioural change. [00:29:00] Challenges with getting people to take vaccine. [00:36:00] Reopening of schools, teenage pregnancies, sexual transmission of virus, Ebola recovery; economic and health system problems. [00:41:31] End of interview.

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