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Families collecting their bed nets at a distribution point in Ngiehun Village in Kenema District, Eastern Sierra Leone

Photo story: Looking back on Sierra Leone’s biggest ever bed net campaign

In June 2017, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation with partners…
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Huge bed net campaign kicks off in Sierra Leone

Huge bed net campaign kicks off in Sierra Leone

Today Sierra Leone kicked off bed net distributions to help protect…
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Striving for a Tobacco-Free Sierra Leone

May 31 2017 --- On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, the World…
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New report sheds light on tragic maternal death situation in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN (31 May 2017)—Sierra Leone’s latest Maternal Death and…
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Improving disease surveillance from paper-based to electronic system

Transforming disease surveillance through an electronic reporting platform in Sierra Leone

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation is in the process of migrating…
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Health workers are the backbone of the health system

Training and Managing the Health Workers of Tomorrow

Today the Government of Sierra Leone and its partners launched a new…
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Statement on the Monkeypox Case in Pujehun District, Sierra Leone

An isolated case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Pujehun district…
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A mother and child seated on a bed with an insecticide treated bed ne

Scaling up malaria prevention in Sierra Leone

Preparations are currently underway for a vast bed net distribution…
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Various awareness raising activities took place across Sierra Leone on depression throughout April 2017

Tackling mental illness after Ebola

Following the Ebola crisis, a decade-long Civil War and with…
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A community member putting the new technology into use to report suspected AFP cases in her locality

Using SMS technologies to enhance polio surveillance

A new SMS-based reporting system has been introduced in Sierra Leone…
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