Freetown – The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG), working closely with the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and partners including WHO, UNICEF, the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLCRS)…
Read moreFreetown, 1 June 2026 – Behind the appealing flavours, sleek packaging, and digital marketing of today's nicotine products lies a familiar danger - one Sierra Leone's health leaders say the country cannot afford to unmas…
Read more"Behind every accurate diagnosis is a laboratory that patients may never see, but one they rely on with their lives."Whether confirming malaria in a child, detecting cholera during an outbreak, screening donated blood be…
Read moreWhen African Vaccination Week (AVW) 2026 campaign began in the remote chiefdoms of Kailahun District in eastern Sierra Leone, health workers expected the usual challenges of reaching communities separated by long distanc…
Read moreFreetown - The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the National Public Health Agency (NPHA) have received sixteen Honda motorbikes from the World Health Organization (WHO), with support from the Pandemic Fund, to strengthen pub…
Read moreWhen Mariama Kallon gave birth to her third child at Kailahun Government Hospital in eastern Sierra Leone, she expected the same experience as with her first two deliveries: uncertainty, pain, and the feeling that she wa…
Read moreFreetown – The World Health Organization Sierra Leone Country Office has concluded a high-level advocacy engagement on 6 May 2026 with the Parliamentary Health Committee, meeting directly with Committee Chair Honourable …
Read moreFreetown - Sierra Leone has strengthened its national response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the 28 April 2026 following a high-level One Health Inter-Ministerial Meeting that delivered renewed political commitmen…
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