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TYB HOLDINGS PARTICIPATES IN WORLD MALARIA DAY CHALLENGE

World Malaria Day is an annual global event celebrated on the 25th of April to raise awareness and funds to eliminate and control malaria. Every year, efforts are recognized globally in the fight against malaria. World Malaria Day is one out of eight global health campaigns marked by the World Health Organisation.

Most countries are focused on reducing the spread, the impact, and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However we need to urge health services to ensure the continuity of malaria services. Unfortunately, this year, World Malaria Day will not be celebrated as done in previous years. A Social Media Challenge will be launched. TYB Holdings has accepted this challenge and we ask YOU to support the goal to by sharing this message and inviting others to do the same. Instructions for the social media challenge are below;

On World Malaria Day, copy/paste the following message and nominate other influencers to do the same. Feel free to modify and personalize the tweets/posts of course! We also ask that you take a photo of yourself making the zero 👌hand gesture to go along with your post. 1 tweet/post to launch the challenge: For , let’s ensure doesn’t compromise the investment & action that saves 600k malaria deaths a year! Support the goal to by sharing this message and inviting 5 others to do the same. (@ 5 accounts of your choice).
Additional/optional tweets:
• We are in the middle of a global health crisis. Now more than ever, it's time to call on governments to ensure we have strong health systems 🏥in place to protect against existing diseases like malaria and emerging ones like , and secure .
• Malaria is an unfair disease that still puts half the world at risk. Pregnant women and children 🤰👶 in sub-Saharan Africa suffer the most. On we must take a stand against this deadly disease to create a world in a generation. So, are you in?

FIRST AERIAL USES DRONES TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE DURING THE THREE-DAY LOCKDOWN TO FIGHT COVID19

On Wednesday the 1st of April, His Excellency Rtd Brg Julius Maada Bio along with Ministers and National Authorities declared a three-day nationwide lockdown as a containment measure against the spread of COVID-19.

First Aerial in collaboration with The Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation - DSTI flew drones over Freetown to monitor the compliance of communities between the 5th and 7th of April.

Videos capturing communities were ranked on a scale of compliance from high to moderate to low. These videos were streamed live to drone operators and data from these drones were analyzed to rank communities.

Communities like Aberdeen, Congo Town, Murray Town, Jui, Kossoh Town, Kaningo, Regent Road Lumley were highly compliant.

King Jimmy, Fourah Bay Road, Wellington, Moeba Town, Waterloo, Brookfields, Hill Station were moderately compliant.

Kroo Bay, Looking town, Martomeh, Thompson Bay had very low levels of compliance.

From observations, non-compliance was because residents were outside fetching water. There was also disregard for social distancing directives.

The drone observation activities took place in a non-evasive way, personal privacy wasn’t violated, and reporting was channeled only to the appropriate stakeholders.

As Sierra Leone continues to fight COVID19 First Aerial is working closely with various partners to develop drone solutions for medical supply and community safety during the COVID19 response.

First Aerial urges all citizens of Sierra Leone to comply with the directives issued by the Ministry of Health and Office of the President.

Sierra Leone: Drones For Good support COVID-19 Response As part of Sierra Leone's national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI Sierra Leone) is using 4IR...

TRACK YOUR BUILD, FIRST AERIAL, TRACK YOUR IMPACT & DECISION LABS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE TO FIGHT COVID-19

We are sad to hear the president announce that Sierra Leone has registered a single case of COVID19. As stated by the President, this is not a lockdown but we must adhere to the procedures and restrictions enforced by national and local public health authorities. We must be strict in complying with the limitations that will be added to prevent the spread of the virus.

This is the time we must comply with all directives from the authorities. We must realize that working together to avoid hugging, shaking hands, avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth will prevent COVID19. We must maintain social distancing, wash our hands frequently and practice respiratory hygiene. If you or a loved one experiences fever, cough and difficulty breathing; stay home, call local health authorities who will give instructions to follow. We can and we will beat the spread of COVID19 if we follow the rules and regulations.

First Aerial is an emergency response service that provides aerial images, videos, and analysis of a crisis area whenever there's a significant public emergency event.

We use drones or satellites to capture the data and present these to emergency responders or emergency command centers.

Previous work:
2017 Freetown Mudslide Response
2019 Freetown Flash Flood Response

We're always the first in the air when it matters!

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