Sierra Leone has ended the engagement of the 2nd Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 core capacities using the 3rd edition of the tool.

In collaboration with other experts including ECOAS CDC experts are included as external and lead/ Co-lead the technical areas of surveillance, health emergency management, and risk com.

Sierra Leone becomes the first African country to conduct the 2nd Joint External Evaluation (Joint External Evaluation) evaluation using the 3rd edition tool.

The minister made a proactive keynote address in a ceremony attended by other ministers and dignitaries from different ministries departments and agencies and confirmed that the ministry is set to make sure that the health sector is presented in the very best possible way to ensure sustainability in all times in the country at large.