Teams are about to start working in Bonthe's Matru Hospital. The teams is based in Pujehun and Bo at the moment. MSF has been or continues to be involved in the rehabilitation of many of these structures. All of these clinics function with both the ministry of health staff and MSFsupport. In spring 1998, MSF began to reduce its involvement in the actual running and management of Bo Hospital to concentrate on providing medical supplies, basic logistics, financial incentives to staff and training for maintenance staff.
Financial incentives are essential in a situation in which staff receive little or no salary.
A cost recovery scheme has been initiated and a management commitee set up. A cholera camp is also maintained in Bo. MSF gives logistical support and provides financial incentives to staff in the effort to re-start EPI in most areas of Southern province where it had been suspended for over a year. An MSF team is currently evaluating the situation in Moyamba, a district which lies to the south of the capital Freetown. MSF would also like to be able to carry out a proper evaluation of needs in the isolated and war-torn areas of Makeni and Magburaka but unfortunately insecurity is such that for the time being a proper evaluation has not been carried out.