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Army personnel home after training thousands in Sierra Leone

Personnel from 5 Armoured Medical Regiment have returned home after successfully completing their training task in Sierra Leone.

More than 40 personnel from 5 Armoured Medical Regiment deployed on 21 October to train Sierra Leonean healthcare workers and hygienists on how to protect themselves from the Ebola virus and how to prevent it in others.

Personnel from 5 Armoured Medical Regiment were supported by 39 personnel from 4 Armoured Medical Regiment.

During their deployment, military personnel successfully trained 4,019 Sierra Leonean medical personnel at the Ebola Training Academy Centre at the National Stadium in Freetown.

In the same time frame it was expected the team would train 3,200 personnel.

The trained Ebola healthcare workers will now take their place across the country in one of the many Ebola response Community Care Centres or Ebola Treatment Centres.

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