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November 2014

Freetown, Nov. 14, 014 (MOHS) - Sight Savers has donated Toyota Land Cruiser PRADO vehicle(in photo), medical equipment, detergents and consumables worth over Le57 million to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to support the National

Launching Clinical Study to Treat Ebola in Sierra Leone, West Africa Using Convalescent Serum Therapy FREETOWN, Sierra Leone--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sierra Leone Action, an organization comprising a global team of Sierra Leonean physicians and other professionals, today announced

Whosoever produced or anchored that International Perspective on SLBC programme last Saturday certainly did not do justice to the various Information Attaches appointed by President Dr. Ernest Koroma into our respective diplomatic missions abroad.  (Photo:

A visiting professor of Medicine from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy Vittorio Colizzi is in Sierra Leone on an “Emergency in Education” to respond to the Ebola Virus Disease for medical and

Sierra Leone’s Deputy Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Her Excellency Alice Kumba Momoh, has, on 13 and 14 November 2014, attended the Fifth Roundtable Conference on China-Africa Cooperation co-hosted by the Association of

The president is still hugely popular after all these years.  All it took last Saturday for President Ernest Bai Koroma to demonstrate that he is still the beloved man of the people was to drive

As the club of G7/G8 recently wound up with a renewed commitment to old strategies to global development, so also is the current G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia winding down the same old path. The

Possibly Sierra Leone’s most beautiful beach, River Number Two is just 30 km south of Freetown. However, like most beaches on the Freetown Peninsula it’s totally unspoilt, and during the week, virtually deserted. Run by

Sierra Leone 2015 FY NATIONAL BUDGET PRESENTED BY THE HON. MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TODAY, FRIDAY, 14TH NOVEMBER 2014 IN THE WELL OF PARLIAMENT. Highlights of the 2015 Budget Theme: ‘Restoring livelihoods for Post

13 November 2014 – There has been important progress made in the global fight against Ebola but a scaling-up in the overall response remains necessary if the deadly outbreak is to be fully stopped, top

The fight against Ebola drifts beyond the health crisis with the emergence of 2015 socio-economic projections Freetown, 14 November – Sierra Leone must be braced for the social and economic shock resulting from the Ebola crisis,

LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 14, 2014/ -- GSK (http://www.gsk.com) today launched the first call for proposals for its Africa NCD Open Lab, to support much-needed scientific research into non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa. Up to £4m

In a remarkable interfaith gesture, faith leaders from various traditions prayed together in Nevada Governor’s Mansion in Carson City (USA) on November 13 evening seeking God’s mercy on Ebola and for its worldwide victims and

Nearly thirty years ago I stopped reading about agriculture and its importance to both the county and the individual. The sad thing about our country is that if you decide to quit the science classes

NEW YORK/DAKAR, 13 November 2014 – UNICEF said today the battle against Ebola must be waged, and will be won, at the heart of the community.  “Communities are at the forefront of the response,” said Dr.