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Safiatu using her sewing skills and the machine provided to her by the Mental Health Coalition of Sierra Leone to generate income

Expanding treatment of mental illness in rural Sierra Leone

Living with mental illness has been a harrowing ordeal for Safiatu…
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Sierra Leone targets cervical cancer mortality by vaccinating girls

Sierra Leone targets cervical cancer mortality by vaccinating girls

An age-old social belief that “what goes on under the cloth should…
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Sierra Leone HPV Vaccine launch

Sierra Leone targets cervical cancer mortality by vaccinating girls

Freetown – An age-old social belief that “what goes on under the…
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Sierra Leone introduces Human Papilloma Virus vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer

Sierra Leone introduces Human Papilloma Virus vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer

Joint Press Release - Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Gavi and the…
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Cross section of participants

Improving midwifery capacity and standards to curb death of mothers and babies

Over 80 maternal and child health experts from around the world have…
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National experts converge to review public health surveillance data in Sierra Leone

National experts converge to review public health surveillance data in Sierra Leone

Public health experts in Sierra Leone are meeting to review data of…
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No tobacco

Sierra Leone becomes 38th country with tobacco control laws in WHO African Region

Sierra Leone is now the newest of 38 countries in the WHO African…
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Group work session

WHO and MoHS conclude quarterly review of 2022-2023 workplan, and discuss priorities for new Country Cooperation Strategy

The World Health Organization Country Office in Sierra Leone and the…
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Ministry of Health and WHO officials at the event of the donation

WHO strengthens oxygen supply capacity of health facilities to care for critically ill patients in Sierra Leone

On 30 May 2022, WHO donated 900 oxygen cylinders with regulators and…
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Group photo of partners and government officials from the human, animal and environmental health sector

Sierra Leone completes strategic public health emergency readiness assessment and risks profiling

Sierra Leone has completed public health risk profiling with aid of…
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