Sierra Leone is reviewing how children’s vaccination data can be securely collected, shared and protected as government institutions work towards stronger digital public infrastructure. The issue...
Health and Sanitation Minister Dr Austin Demby has called on healthcare workers across Sierra Leone to take greater responsibility for preventing maternal and child deaths, warning that the country must...
President Julius Maada Bio has appointed Dr Mustapha Kabba as Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health. The appointment was communicated in a letter dated 11 August 2026 and signed by the Secretary...
Hundreds of commercial sex workers in Bo have received financial support and benefited from free HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening services in an initiative aimed at improving...
The United States Embassy in Freetown has welcomed six new Peace Corps trainees to Sierra Leone, as they prepare to support education and maternal health programmes across rural communities in the country. In...
The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the National Public Health Agency (NPHA) have introduced a new framework aimed at helping countries measure how prepared they are to respond to disease outbreaks in practice,...
The Ministry of Health has launched a nationwide health facility cleaning initiative aimed at improving the cleanliness, appearance, and overall environment of hospitals and health centres across Sierra...
The Ministry of Health (MoH) and Partners in Health (PIH) have launched a Joint Hospital Management Framework (JHMF) at the Koidu Government Hospital (KGH) in Kono, aimed at improving hospital management,...
The National Public Health Agency (NPHA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and with support from Jhpiego, has held a one-day integrated orientation for clinicians and case investigators on...
Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and with technical support from ICF, has started a three week pre-test training workshop for the 2026 Demographic and Health...
