The cause of death for a health worker suspected of succumbing to an acute viral haemorrhagic fever remains unclear, according to Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby. The minister disclosed...
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation is embarking on a large scale nationwide ebola vacci- nation targeting the frontline workers from various walks of life. Speaking to Politico, the Risk Communication...
From January to October 2024, the Rainbo Initiative recorded an alarming 2,339 gender-based violence (GBV) cases across its seven centers in Sierra Leone. Of those, 2,196 cases (94%) were sexual assaults...
Alhaji Njai, a distinguished expert in scientific research and public health, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to serve as part of a core team of scientific experts spearheading key initiatives for...
President Bio joined U.S. Ambassador David Bryan Hunt in Freetown to mark World AIDS Day 2024, highlighting Sierra Leone’s significant progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In a message shared on his...
Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health (MoH) together with the National Pubic Health Agency (NPHA) is currently testing samples of suspected Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF) samples sent from a suspected case...
Sierra Leone is investigating a suspected case of acute viral haemorrhagic fever following the death of a female health worker in the west of the capital, Freetown. It comes 10 years after the country...
President Julius Maada Bio joined First Lady Fatima Bio, medical experts, and citizens in a solidarity walk on Thursday aimed at raising awareness about prostate cancer, a condition predominantly affecting...
The Ministry of Health has dismissed allegations circulating in a viral video claiming that mothers of new-borns are forced to sleep on bare tiles in the corridors of the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)...
One of the civil society organizations in the country, Health for all Coalition Sierra Leone (HFAC-SL) and GAVI are embarking on vaccine awareness among people across Sierra Leone. HFAC-SL is a non-governmental...
