Care for individuals, this doctor in Africa has risen to prominence mitigating health risks.

Microbes like Ebola are one of the most potent threats to human health. Since Sierra Leone's main Ebola case was recorded on 24 May 2014, 8,704 individuals have been tainted, and 3,589 have died. There were 221 reported victims of Ebola, including frontline workers. In light of the Ebola outbreak in western Africa, Dr Mohamed Bailor Barrie, a clinical scientist, and advocate understood the need for a solid wellness framework to achieve well-being and decided to focus on well-being. The young doctor was raised in a rural Sierra Leonean village and earned money to finish his secondary schooling by selling sweets, cooked meat, and lamp oil on the roadside. Following his graduation from Sierra Leone's new public clinical school, he was offered well-paying employment opportunities with international agencies such as WHO and UNICEF. Dr Mohamed declined those offers; instead, he relocated to a rural region of Sierra Leone and founded the Well Body Alliance, which aimed to provide high-quality medical care to civilian amputees. As Ebola spread across Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea in September 2014, Wellbody Alliance collaborated with Partners In Health (PIH) to dispatch a response. Bailor went back to Harvard in 2016 to finish his graduate work. In his research on HIV and Ebola in Sierra Leone, he examines the treatment of insurmountable illness, the delivery of healthcare, and suggested strategies for effectiveness.s. Currently, Dr Mohammed is the PIH consultant for the public HIV and TB programs in Sierra Leone. To improve well-being in low-asset settings, he explores through ethnographic and epidemiological information.

"His drawn-out vision was to get back to Sierra Leone in the wake of moving on from Harvard and be a genuine driver of progress in my country's medical care framework".

Chasing ambition on bumpy grounds…

Born and raised in poverty in northern Sierra Leone, he barely had a second to recognize that he needed to work in well-being. The fact that quality medical services contribute to individuals living better lives was something he realized from an early age. When Dr Mohammed chose to become a specialist, he was six years old. He loved watching his neighbour call each individual's name, in turn, to come in for care, as he treated individuals out of his home. However, he felt alienated from his ambition throughout his childhood. Sierra Leone did not have a clinical school at that time. You had to have enough money to study abroad to become a specialist. He said his father made less than one dollar a day as a tailor. He and his brother had to sell lamp oil by the roadside to cover his optional school fees. Sierra Leone had no clinical school, so it seemed unlikely that his dream would come true. In this scenario, the nation's aspiring specialists had no choice but to focus abroad- an exceedingly expensive endeavour.

'Well-body Alliance' reignited his enthusiasm-

Mohamed received a grant when Sierra Leone opened its first clinical school. Following graduation, he declined job offers from well-paying international associations to practice medication in his country of origin. "When I walked to and from school, I saw kids enduring," he says. From then on, I decided to work in Sierra Leone." Dr Mohamed focused his efforts on a well-being challenge uniquely associated with Sierra Leone. Between 1991 and 2002, Sierra Leone endured a brutal civil war.  It's assessed that around 27,000 Sierra Leoneans were handicapped during the conflict. As a result, Mohamed led a non-profit organization called Wellbody Alliance that provides free assistance to amputees.

"In all corners of the world, one can discover individuals performing remarkable work to advance mankind. Assisting them in their efforts to live a healthy and useful life is a privilege", Dr Mohamed mentioned.

However, it became evident shortly after that the work of Wellbody Alliance was expected to grow. In addition to treating amputees, Mohamed and his partners opened their facility to all patients. The centre, known as Wellbody, provided medical attention for the entire Kono District, from women in labour, pregnant mothers, and children with HIV and tuberculosis.

After Ebola struck Sierra Leone in 2014, the work they were doing took on a new urgency. An association created by Paul Farmer, health partners, collaborated with Wellbody Alliance to treat the increasing number of Ebola patients passing through their doors. An outstanding statistic comes into the light, when more than 200 medical workers in Sierra Leone died from Ebola during the episode, no staff at Wellbody Alliance obtained the infection.

A powerful tracing program and pandemic stress-

Likewise, Dr Mohammed worked with the government to create a powerful link following the project. He was particularly intrigued by the method he used to simplify isolation for individuals. People group health workers visited the homes of close friends after a patient tested positive for Ebola. They would encourage them to get tested and work out the details of segregation for the suggested three weeks. The health workers would arrange meals to be delivered to families whenever they feared that they would lack food. Mohamed's involvement in Ebola helped him prepare for COVID-19 stresses as well. His assistance was requested by then (and to prepare its members) after Sierra Leone made its first record of a case in March 2020. Every tracer's strategy begins with being sensitive to an individual's needs, just as with Ebola. Their goal is to answer questions, disseminate information, and give advice on how to remain safe. While both Ebola and COVID-19 hamper Mohamed's efforts, he continues to work toward his goal of further developing well-being in his native country. A robust health policy in Sierra Leone is very much needed so that people won't die from preventable illnesses, he mentioned. He was also appointed as the new chief executive of Partners in Health Sierra Leone. Mohamed expects the association's maternal health community in Kono to become a model for offering broad consideration to women all around the nation.

In every part of the world, you can find brilliant people doing fantastic work to drive progress. The immense hardship of heroes like Dr Mohamed is the reason to bring breathtaking changes to society.

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