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Left: A poster prepared by Baptists in Sierra Leone as part of a

public education campaign

Below right: Baptist

volunteers in the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone

NBC has taken preventive and other measures in Africa’s most populous country. “I have declared three days of prayer and fasting to seek God’s face to remove the plague and save all countries under the Ebola siege,” Ayokunle said. “We are also sensitizing people on how to avoid infection.” The current Ebola outbreak first began in Guinea in March and has since spread to the bordering countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone. As of September 23, more than 6,500 suspected cases with more than 3,000 deaths have been reported by the World Health Organization. It is believed that common cultural practices such as communal

gatherings to be present with the sick and dying and the traditional washing of dead bodies as a sign of respect have helped to spread the virus among previously uninfected persons. Ebola usually spreads by direct physical contact with an

Supo Ayokunle, president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) told the BWA that a delegation of women who were to attend a West African Baptist Women Congress in Togo, which began on August 4, cancelled their trip out of an abundance of caution.

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infected person or body fluids. Scientists claim the disease is not airborne.

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ore than 200 youth and young adults from across the Caribbean participated in the 10th

Caribbean Baptist Youth Festival in, Roseau, Dominica, from July 23-27 under the theme Youth On F.I.R.E (Fully Ignited Radically Engaged). (Continued on next page)