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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…

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…

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…

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…

Jane and John holding hands

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

Jane* was pregnant when she discovered she was HIV-positive in 2008.…

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…

breastfeeding

Empowering clinical and non-clinical maternity hospital staff to promote early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in collaboration with WHO and…

One of the training sessions

Improving Leadership and Management capacity of health authorities at the district level

In July this year, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) in…

A woman and her child in Yendeya Village displaying her child's measles vaccination card. Photo credit: WHO/S. Gborie

Targeted vaccine campaign underway to interrupt measles outbreak in remote northern Sierra Leone

KABALA, 7 July 2018 --- On 3 July 2018, the Ministry of Health…

The response is taking place in some of the most remote areas in Sierra Leone

Measles outbreak confirmed in northern Sierra Leone

Health sector response mounted, including preparations for…