Sheik-Umarr Mikailu Jah
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Sheik-Umarr Mikailu Jah
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Alhaji Dr. med. Sheik-Umarr Mikailu Jah, commonly known as Dr. S.U.M. Jah, was a Sierra Leonean public servant, trained as a surgeon in Germany and one of the few medical specialists working in Sierra Leone throughout the civil war, and later a statesman who served as a minister of Sierra Leone for 11 years, from 1996 to 2007. In 2006 he contracted Lassa fever, was flown to Germany for medical treatment, and never fully recovered. To honor his service, he received a state funeral in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leonean surgeon and politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheik-Umarr_Mikailu_Jah
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2024-08-11T00:23:46Z
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2024-09-04T10:36:29Z
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