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mpox

WHO donates supplies to boost infection prevention and control in Schools in Sierra Leone, as they reopen.

09 September 2025, Freetown, Sierra Leone –The World Health…
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“Early care saved my son from severe mpox disease”

When 9-year-old Romulus Jr. fell ill, his father, Romulus Thomas…
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mpox

WHO’s investment of more than USD 300,000 to the ‘Enhanced Mpox Response Campaign’ in Sierra Leone contributes to a 50% decline in mpox cases.

A WHO-supported house-to-house Mpox nationwide campaign in Sierra…
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hands on

From genome to action: Building Sierra Leone’s next generation of genomic leaders for public health resilience beyond mpox

Freetown, Sierra Leone, August 19, 2025 – Sierra Leone has taken an…
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mpox

Mpox doesn’t discriminate”: A survivor’s story of hope, healing, and community

 Makeni, Sierra Leone – July 2025
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Helinda

Helinda’s commitment: A nurse’s frontline role in Sierra Leone’s mpox response

Pujehun District, Sierra Leone – August 2025Helinda Saffiatu Sandi is…
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training

Sierra Leone boosts AMR surveillance with WHONET and GLASS training

Bo district, 31 July: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues…
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polio committee

Sierra Leone enhances national polio certification capacity through who-led training for committee members

Freetown, 24 July 2025 – Sierra Leone has concluded a two-day virtual…
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awareness raising

Quiet commitment in Kambia: Maligie Fofanah supports community response to mpox in rural Sierra Leone

Dare Es Salam, Gbinleh Chiefdom, Kambia District – July 2025In the…
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vaccine

Sierra Leone receives 50,000 additional mpox vaccine doses to bolster national response

Port Loko - Sierra Leone has received an additional 50,000 doses of…
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