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Sierra Leone Police Installs CCTV’s in Bo City

Sierra Leone Police Installs CCTV’s in Bo City

The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has started the installation of CCTV cameras in key locations across Bo City as part of a new plan to fight against crime and improve safety. The project, led by Inspector General of Police (IGP) William Fayia Sellu,...

'They are not bad words' - GP who shot to Instagram fame continues fight to 'break stigma' around reproductive health with Birmingham event

'They are not bad words' - GP who shot to Instagram fame continues fight to 'break stigma' around reproductive health with Birmingham event

The event, organised by Talks with Sesay and Glacie Health, promises interactive challenges that blend physical play with powerful education, from “sprinting through the cervix” to dodging common myths and untangling medical misinformation....

'They are not bad words' - GP who shot to TikTok fame continues fight to 'break stigma' around reproductive health with Birmingham event

'They are not bad words' - GP who shot to TikTok fame continues fight to 'break stigma' around reproductive health with Birmingham event

The event promises interactive challenges that blend physical play with powerful education, from “sprinting through the cervix” to dodging common myths and untangling medical misinformation. Organisers say participants will leave “informed,...

House Health Committee Engages Public Health Initiative Liberia On Tax Exemption for Menstrual Products

House Health Committee Engages Public Health Initiative Liberia On Tax Exemption for Menstrual Products

The House of Representatives, through its Committee on Health, on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 held a crucial engagement with Public Health Initiative Liberia (PHIL) in partnership with WaterAid Liberia -HerWASH Project to discuss the urgent need for...

How far is your closest hospital or clinic? Public health re...

How far is your closest hospital or clinic? Public health re...

The lack of reliable information about health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa became very clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid a surge in emergency care needs, information was lacking about the location of facilities, bed capacity and...

Mpox Disease Hits 39 Sierra Leoneans as Death Toll Rises to 30

Mpox Disease Hits 39 Sierra Leoneans as Death Toll Rises to 30

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has on Tuesday, July 1st, reported 39 new Mpox cases in Sierra Leone, raising the national total to 4,528. The virus continues to spread aggressively, particularly in the western urban area of Freetown, with...

Government of Sierra Leone Receives 20,600 Bags of Rice from China for School Feeding Program

Government of Sierra Leone Receives 20,600 Bags of Rice from China for School Feeding Program

The Government of Sierra Leone has received a donation of 1,030 metric tons of rice from the People’s Republic of China as a continuous support to the country’s educational initiatives. Sierra Leone Government has consecutively received donations...

How far is your closest hospital or clinic? Public health researchers explain why Africa needs up-to-date health facility databases

How far is your closest hospital or clinic? Public health researchers explain why Africa needs up-to-date health facility databases

The lack of reliable information about health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa became very clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid a surge in emergency care needs, information was lacking about the location of facilities, bed capacity and...

10 Nigerian health workers head to Caribbean as FG seals Saint Lucia deal

10 Nigerian health workers head to Caribbean as FG seals Saint Lucia deal

Nurses to Jamaica, doctors to Grenada July 9 Four Nigerian nurses are set to depart for Jamaica this week as part of a renewed push by the Federal Government to export skilled manpower across Africa and the Caribbean under the revitalised...

Sierra Leone Bolters Mpox Response: World Health Organization (WHO) Leads Groundbreaking Genomic Surveillance And Bioinformatics Training

Sierra Leone Bolters Mpox Response: World Health Organization (WHO) Leads Groundbreaking Genomic Surveillance And Bioinformatics Training

(MENAFN- APO Group) In a strategic initiative aimed at enhancing mpox outbreak response and genomic surveillance capacity, the Central Public Health Reference Laboratory (CPHRL) in Freetown hosted the mpox Genomics and Bioinformatics training...

Health Advocacy: WAHO moves to bridge communication gaps

Health Advocacy: WAHO moves to bridge communication gaps

… Plans Lassa Fever international conference in Abidjan Sept 22 The West African Health Organization (WAHO), has intensified efforts geared towards bringing noticeable communication gaps that tend to hinder effective regional health advocacy. One...

Eleven Sierra Leoneans Depart for the 2025 Mandela Washington Fellowship in the U.S.

Eleven Sierra Leoneans Depart for the 2025 Mandela Washington Fellowship in the U.S.

Eleven exceptional young leaders from Sierra Leone have officially commenced their journey in the prestigious 2025 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in the United States. The esteemed program aims to empower Africa’s future...

Leecon Poultry Company opens new hatchery to boost Sierra Leone’s local meat production

Leecon Poultry Company opens new hatchery to boost Sierra Leone’s local meat production

SIERRA LEONE – A newly opened hatchery by Leecon Poultry Company is set to shift Sierra Leone’s poultry meat production away from imported chicks toward locally bred stock. The facility, established in partnership with the African Poultry...

Marie Stopes Sierra Leone Empowers Teenagers on Sexual Reproductive Health

Marie Stopes Sierra Leone Empowers Teenagers on Sexual Reproductive Health

Marie Stopes Sierra Leone has successfully engaged local school health clubs in Kailahun to promote awareness of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The initiative aimed to educate teenagers about family planning and the risks associated...

2 staff members evaluated after accidental chemical exposure at Freetown camp

2 staff members evaluated after accidental chemical exposure at Freetown camp

The Freetown Fire Department said two camp staff members were taken to the hospital for evaluation after an accidental chemical exposure at a camp on Tuesday. (courtesy: Freetown Fire Department)FREETOWN, Mass. (WLNE) — The Freetown Fire...

Sierra Leone’s Daniella Boima Garrick Crowned Miss Albinism Africa 2025

Sierra Leone’s Daniella Boima Garrick Crowned Miss Albinism Africa 2025

Daniella Boima Garrick of Sierra Leone has been crowned Miss Albinism Africa 2025. The 21-year-old fashion model and advocate was celebrated for her courage and grace at the inaugural pageant, held on June 28, 2025, as part of the broader African...

Mpox In Sierra Leone: What’s Behind The Recent Surge And Why West Africa Is At R

Mpox In Sierra Leone: What’s Behind The Recent Surge And Why West Africa Is At R

Source: Dr Jia B. Kangbai As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighbouring countries and spark a larger outbreak throughout the...

Health Committee Chairperson Introduces Bill to Expedite Medicine Registration Process

Health Committee Chairperson Introduces Bill to Expedite Medicine Registration Process

By Kebba AF Touray The Chairperson of the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Hon. Amadou Camara, yesterday Thursday 26th June 2025, introduced the Bill entitled ‘Medicine and Related Product Bill 2025’. The introduction of the Bill...

‘Smoking to survive’: How Sierra Leone’s youth got hooked on kush

‘Smoking to survive’: How Sierra Leone’s youth got hooked on kush

A cheap synthetic drug known as kush is ravaging West Africa and its epicentre is Sierra Leone. The government has declared kush a public health emergency, but poverty and trauma are slowing efforts by communities to help unhook young people from...

Africa’s Mpox crisis intensifies as WHO renews global public health emergency

Africa’s Mpox crisis intensifies as WHO renews global public health emergency

By Nana Karikari, Senior International Affairs and Political Analyst The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent warning to the global community. Mpox (formerly monkeypox), remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern...

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