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Mpox In Sierra Leone: What’s Behind The Recent Surge And Why West Africa Is At R
The Nigerian Voice
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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...
‘Smoking to survive’: How Sierra Leone’s youth got hooked on kush
Modern Ghana
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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...
US supports West African countries to enhance public health emergency response
Tribune Online
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July 6, 2025
Seventeen public health emergency operations center staff members from seven West African countries have graduated from a two-week training program designed to enhance their skills in managing public health emergencies. The training, hosted by the...
Sierra Leone Advances Pandemic Preparedness With Operationalisation Of The Pandemic Fund
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Sierra Leone has entered a critical phase in strengthening its pandemic preparedness and response capacities, officially flagging-off the operationalisation of the Pandemic Fund. This milestone signals the country's continued...
Tinubu Exports Doctors, Nurses to St. Lucia Despite Healthcare Crisis in Nigeria
Foundation for Investigative Journalism
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July 5, 2025
On Wednesday, Nigeria and St. Lucia signed a Technical Manpower Assistance that will see Nigeria export some of its experts in exchange for St. Lucia’s experts. According to the statement disclosed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the president...
Plymouth army veteran struggling with mental health turned her life around after her son noticed her crying
Plymouth Herald
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July 6, 2025
A Plymouth army veteran transformed her life by channelling the skills she learned during PTSD treatment to create a thriving business. Clare Hearl has now won a national award for her work. Clare joined the Army at the age of 18 in 1997 and...
U.S supports strengthening of regional public health emergency
Abuja Inquirer
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July 5, 2025
The United States Government has commenced the training of public health emergency operations center staff from Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Liberia, and Mali. A statement by the US Embassy in Abuja said the intermediate level...
Debt, dependency and dissent : Unmasking Sierra Leone economic quandary
Cocorioko
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June 28, 2025
*DEBT, DEPENDENCY AND DISSENT: UNMASKING SIERRA LEONE’S ECONOMIC BIND* By Mahmud Tim Kargbo Saturday, 28 June 2025 “For decades, wealth and income have been redistributed upward, with minimal protest by the working classes who were harmed by that...
Traditional Chinese medicine training program launched in Sierra Leone
Xinhua News Agency
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FREETOWN, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The 26th batch of the Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone held a training course on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) techniques in Freetown, the capital of the western African country, from Thursday to Friday. With...
State-of-the-Art Maternal and Child Health Center in Kono Nears Completion
Sierraloaded
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July 5, 2025
Kono District is poised to revolutionize maternal and child healthcare with the imminent completion of a new Maternal Center of Excellence (MCOE) in Koidu town. This facility, a collaborative effort between the Government of Sierra Leone and...
Sierra Leone Government Set to Ban Lead Paint Over Health Hazards
Sierraloaded
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June 23, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency Sierra Leone (EPA-SL), in collaboration with the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP), recently hosted a Stakeholder Workshop and Press Conference at the Family Kingdom to announce new regulations aimed at...
Mpox in Sierra Leone: What’s Gambia Doing About a Spillover?
The Voice Gambia
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June 27, 2025
As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 related deaths in Sierra Leone, raising concerns that the virus could spread to neighbouring countries and spark a larger outbreak across the densely populated West...
Sierra Leone’s President Bio takes over ECOWAS Chairmanship, sparking questions
Sierra Leone Telegraph
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June 23, 2025
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2025: President Bio of Sierra Leone was yesterday elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the ECOWAS summit in Abuja. The first...
Health Advocacy: WAHO moves to bridge communication gaps
News Diary Online
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July 1, 2025
… 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...
Mystik Dan, Sierra Leone set for showdown in richest Stephen Foster ever
WDRB - Kentucky
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – One horse won the Kentucky Derby. Another won the Breeders’ Cup Classic. A third took the Dubai World Cup. Saturday’s Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs won’t crown a champion — but it may feel like one already...
Health Committee Chairperson Introduces Bill to Expedite Medicine Registration Process
Foroyaa Newspaper
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June 30, 2025
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...
Sierra Leone and Seven Other West African Countries in Malaysia to Unveil the Truth About QNET
Sierraloaded
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June 21, 2025
QNET, a 26-year-old international direct selling company with operations in about 100 countries including Sierra Leone has invited journalists from seven West African countries to visit its Head Office in Malaysia and attend this year’s VCON, a...
ECOWAS Parliament Engages Sierra Leone’s Foreign Ministry on Drug Abuse and Mental Health
Sierraloaded
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June 25, 2025
Members of the ECOWAS Parliament’s Health Committee visited Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to discuss ways West African countries can work together to fight drug abuse, mental health problems, and youth...
Man Travelling from Sierra Leone Caught With $1.36 Million Worth of Cocaine in His Stomach
Sierraloaded
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June 25, 2025
Indian authorities have arrested an Ivory Coast national who was caught smuggling 1.13 kilograms of cocaine into the country after arriving from Sierra Leone. The arrest took place at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai...
Mpox Claims 28 Lives in Sierra Leone
Sierraloaded
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June 24, 2025
Sierra Leone’s National Public Health Agency (NPHA) reported on Monday, June 23, 2025, that the ongoing mpox outbreak has tragically claimed 28 lives across the country. The update, released at 3:00 PM, also indicates a cumulative total of 4,350...