Sierra Leone has successfully completed the End-Term Review (ETR) of its National Tuberculosis (TB) Strategic Plan (2021–2025), a pivotal exercise aimed at evaluating the country’s progress in the fight against TB, ident…
Lire la suite09 September 2025, Freetown, Sierra Leone –The World Health Organization (WHO) has newly donated infection prevention and Control materials for the mpox response to Sierra Leone's national health authorities. The supplie…
Lire la suiteWhen 9-year-old Romulus Jr. fell ill, his father, Romulus Thomas Blackie, thought it was just the flare-up of sickle cell disease which the child had complained of. He never imagined it would be Mpox - a disease that has…
Lire la suiteA WHO-supported house-to-house Mpox nationwide campaign in Sierra Leone, valued at a cost of USD 300,000, has significantly reduced the number of Mpox cases countrywide by 50% in one month. This successful campaign, name…
Lire la suiteFreetown, Sierra Leone, August 19, 2025 – Sierra Leone has taken an important step in strengthening its public health system by hosting a two-week national workshop on DNA sequencing and bioinformatics from August 4 to A…
Lire la suite Makeni, Sierra Leone – July 2025When Mr. Bambay Sawanneh first felt cold and fever one evening, he did what many in his community would do, he stayed in bed, applied ointments, and took malaria tablets. As a busy c…
Lire la suitePujehun District, Sierra Leone – August 2025Helinda Saffiatu Sandi is no stranger to the challenges of public health service delivery. At 37 years old, the trained nurse from Pujehun Government Hospital has dedicated the…
Lire la suiteBo district, 31 July: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to pose a serious public health threat globally, undermining the effective treatment of infections in humans and animals. In response, the Ministry of H…
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