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Flooding has caused massive displacement and increase health risks for affected communities

Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas

FREETOWN, 5 September 2017 – Half a million people in Sierra…
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Teams of responding partners at the disaster site

Preventing spread of disease in wake of mudslides is vital, says WHO

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 21 August 2017 – The World Health…
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Photo of a nurse attending to Moses while Ebie looks on. The child's health has improved considerably due to the quality of care he received at the hospital

Improving emergency care for sick children

Ebie Williams brings her grandchild, Moses, to the main government…
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Country Representative Dr Chimbaru and Dr Boakeng were among the first voluntary blood donors at the Freetown site

Salone celebrates Blood Donor Day

On Wednesday June 21st 2017 the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and…
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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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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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Striving for a Tobacco-Free Sierra Leone

May 31 2017 --- On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, the World…
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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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