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National and district health personnel developing the national MDSR Annual Report for 2019

Improving national and district capacity to tackle maternal mortality in Sierra Leone

Maternal mortality remains a major concern in Sierra Leone. Recent…
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A cross section of partners in the adaptation

Sierra Leone Adapts new WHO guidelines for improved disease surveillance for the Africa region

Sierra Leone has adapted the third edition of the Integrated Disease…
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Multi-Sectoral Workshop for IHR State Party Self-assessment Annual Reporting (SPAR) 2019, JEE Self-assessment Score card 2019 and Development of 2020 NAPHS Operational Planning and monitoring.

Sierra Leone concludes mandatory International Health Regulation annual reporting for 2019

Sierra Leone has completed its 2019 self-evaluation to determine the…
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The President of Sierra Leone, H.E Julius Maada Bio launching the NAPHS

Sierra Leone launches a comprehensive five-year National Action Plan for Health Security in compliance with International Health Regulations.

Sierra Leone launches a comprehensive five-year National Action Plan…
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A cross section of health authorities and experts reviewing the IDSR/IHR curricula

Sierra Leone prepares to pioneer pre-service and in-service courses in Disease Surveillance and the International Health Regulations in Africa

Sierra Leone is on track to become a model in Africa to meet the…
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Lat batch of health workers being trained on the use of te electronic application

Sierra Leone leads the way in Africa with fully functional electronic disease surveillance system

Freetown – 6 June 2019: Sierra Leone has become the first country in…
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workshop with the country office staff members

WHO undertakes functional review of its Country Office in Sierra Leone to align its strategic direction to country health priorities

A functional review of the WHO Sierra Leone Country Office is…
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Mr Evans Liyosi, new WHO Representative in Sierra Leone presenting his credentials to Hon Nimatulai Bah Chang, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

World Health Organization in Sierra Leone gets new Country Representative

Freetown – 15 May 2019: The newly appointed Representative of the…
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Jane and John holding hands

Learning to live as a couple when one partner is HIV-positive in Sierra Leone

“The greatest support I ever received living with HIV for 10 years…
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Group photo of the senior managements and technical officers of the WHO Country Office in Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation

WHO Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Health review 2018 progress and 2019 health priority agenda

Towards the end of every year, the senior managements, and technical…
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