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Talking about depression in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, April 7th 2017 --- On World Health Day, the Government of…
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Partners rally to end tuberculosis in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, 24 March 2017 - On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the…
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Sharing lessons from a milestone year: WHO Sierra Leone's 2016 Progress Report

Today WHO Sierra Leone released its latest Progress Report, which…
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Nationwide survey of health facilities underway in Sierra Leone

Currently Sierra Leone’s largest every survey of health facilities is…
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Building the skills of health workers to save women's lives

Tackling maternal mortality is among the most critical priorities for…
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Parents bring their children to get the polio vaccine

Polio campaigns launch to protect 1.5 million children in Sierra Leone

On Friday 24th February, Sierra Leone launched its first National…
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Representatives from the Government of Sierra Leone, WHO, SLAES, partners and the hospital attended the ceremony at Lungi

Ebola persistence study site handed over to Lungi Hospital

FREETOWN, 13 January 2017 --- One of the two sites used in the second…
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Mothers Groups Have Been Trained as Peer Educators on Nutrition

Thousands reached through community health engagement in Sierra Leone

New data released today by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and…
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Reaching communities with lifesaving vaccines

Sierra Leone has just recently wrapped up its final Maternal and…
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World Malaria Report 2016

Malaria control vastly improves in Sierra Leone, but collective action needed to ‘tap’ the disease

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, 13 December 2016 - The World Health…
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