With the agility and speed of its spread, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has sent the entire world into shock. Since it emerged in humans in China in late 2019, it has
State House, Freetown, Tuesday 31 March 2020 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has confirmed that Sierra Leone has recorded its first case of the Coronavirus, COVID-19 and announced
The main opposition Leader in Parliament, Chernor Maju Bah (Chericoco) has raised serious public concern on the way and manner the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) is going on with their
Honorable Paul Sam for Coalition for Change (C4C) has exposed the ruling, Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Members of Parliament (MP) for leaving their seats empty while parliament was discussing Corona
Indigenes of Dublin Banana Island in the Western Rural District (WARD) have shut down operations of the community health centre with the motive that the nurse in-charge of the Maternal Child
The District Medical Officer (DMO) at Waterloo District Health Management Team (DHMT), Silvia Fasuluku Wusman has explained strategies they have put in place to combat the deadly Corona Virus Disease (COVID
On March 19th, 2020, H.E. Ambassador Hu Zhangliang handed over a batch of most needed medical materials, plus one 50 kw generator, donated by the Chinese Embassy and the Chinese
State House, Freetown, Friday 27 March 2020 - His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has announced that Sierra Leone will close its land borders except for essential commodities effective midnight
Stats SL, the authorised Government body responsible for the coordination, collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of high quality and objective official statistics in Sierra Leone is playing host to the African
The Maternal Child Health Officer (MCHO), in-charge of the Masorie & Masantigie (M & M) Health Post, Nurse Finda Komba has complained that there is no refrigerator at the centre to
The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 4th February, 2020 expressed deep sympathy in Freetown to the People Republic of China on the deadly Corona Virus which has claimed lives
The Former Minister of Foreign Affairs in the former APC government Dr Samura Kamara has said that Sierra Leoneans should pray and hope for a speedy containment of the coronavirus in
The ultra-modern Choithram Memorial Hospital in collaboration with Bintumani Association will be conducting a Pediatric Surgical Camp from 28th February to 12th March, 2020. It was revealed by Management
Residents of various villages in the newly de-amalgamated Makarie Chiefdom, Bombali District are in dire need of health centre to increase access to quality medical services. Prior to the
The new Police Doctor, attached at the Connaught Hospital, Dr. Samuel Lansana Tarawallie commonly known as Dr. Lans has been applauded by clients for effective service delivery since
CISMAT-SL Engages Mayors, Chairperson Launching the TB Stigma Index Assessment Toolkits, Civil Society Movement Against Tuberculosis Sierra Leone (CISMAT-SL) in partnership with the National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control (NLTCP)
Ansarul Islamic Secondary School, one of the Muslim Schools in the east end of Freetown, has embraced the Menstrual Hygiene Messages delivered by the Water and Sanitation Media
FREETOWN; 29 November 2019 — Sierra Leone is a step closer to fast and efficient health care delivery of medical supplies, thanks to the drone corridor launched by
At a press conference held on Thursday 7th November 2019, Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats-SL) launched the key findings of the 2019 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted past
Caritas, Freetown in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Adult Education Association (SLADEA) have on the 4th October 2019, gave technical and financial support to the launching of Human
On 4th of October, the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone held a farewell ceremony for 50 Sierra Leonean health workers who will leave for China on 7th and
The Chief Executive Officer ,(CEO) of Choithram Consortium, a conglomerate of business entities that includes the Choithram Memorial Hospital, Mr. Harish Agnani Anil Datswany has hinted that the
In other to minimize or end unnecessary deaths among kidney patients in Sierra Leone as a result of the complete absence of functional Dialysis facility, Shifaa and Dialysis
Hundreds of Rotifunk indigenes and other nearby neighbors in Lungi Town have commended the Lungi Arab Clinic which is situated at 43 Mahera Road, Rotifunk ,Lungi for providing
Doctor with Africa CUAMM with support from World Diabetes Foundation on Thursday May 24th, 2019 presented the 2017- 2019 final report on Integrated Diabetes Screening with Antenatal Care
In a move to address the social, health and economic consequences of alcohol and drug use, the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use [WENDU] has been launched
In a move to address the social, health and economic consequences of alcohol and drug use, the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use [WENDU] has been launched
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation [MOHS] with support from Radese under the Directorate of Health Security and Emergency [DHSE] has successfully concluded two days training for forty
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation through the Health Education Division on Wednesday 15th May engaged and orientated District Deputy Directors of Education, Conference of Principals of Secondary
The Head of Regulatory Control, Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (NSRPA), Abdulai A. Kargbo has informed media at his Liverpool Street office in Freetown on May 14th,
This medium can emphatically confirm that hundreds of Jui Residents in the Western Area Rural District (WARD) have extolled the able management and Staff of Medivenue Hospital Complex
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in collaboration with UNICCEF, WHO and other Health Partners will embark on a Nationwide Intergraded Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign, staring Monday 10th
Widespread use of Caustic Soda to produce homemade soap (soda soap) in communities has led to hundreds of children to mistakenly take-in/ingest caustic soda confusing it with water,
At their National Development Award, Patriotic Sierra Leoneans awarded the Director of Hospitals and Ambulance Service, Dr. Matthew Jusu Vandy as Medical Practitioner of the year on the
The Director of Hospitals and Ambulance Service, Dr. Mathew Jusu Vandy has informed The Health Newspaper that training is ongoing for the launching of National Ambulance Service at
Dr. Lynda Foray has informed participants in a one day stakeholders meeting at the Hill Valley Hotel that Sierra Leone would join the world to observe World Tuberculosis
As Zoonotic Diseases continue to pose threat to human health, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation through the One Health Platform which consists of Ministry of Agriculture and
The Sierra Leone Health Workers Service Union (SLHSWU) has put strategies in place to run the union successfully in the next five years. Responding to an interview in Freetown,
A team of German pediatric surgeons in collaboration with Choithram Memorial Hospital have been conducting free surgeries in Sierra Leone on poor and needy patients below 18 years
Dr. Lynda Foray (in photo) from the National Control Leprosy Control Program (NCLCP) has informed Mayors, District Council Chairpersons and Journalists that according to the World Health Organization
The Media Alliance Network -Sierra Leone (MAN-SL) has on the 30th January 2019, recognized MEDIVENUE HOSPITAL COMPLEX at Kobba Farm, Jui community in the Western Rural Area District
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in collaboration with its partners has concluded a week long Reactive Measles Campaign in both Kambia and Pujehun Districts. The Measles Vaccination
Reliable information reaching this medium has stated that Junior doctors have received only Le 1,900,000 instead of the Le 4,500,000 promised by Government on 17th December, 2018. (Photo:
In a bid to strengthen its relationship with media institutions in the fight to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030, the Civil Society Movement Against Tuberculosis (CISMAT-SL) Sierra Leone
Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched its Systems and Processes Review Report on Strengthening Integrity in the Management of Drugs and other Medical and Related Services in Government
Continuing promoting transparency and accountability in service delivery and ensuring that drugs are available in hospitals and health centres, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation with support from
As the community has grown with large number of houses, Inhabitants of Deep Eye Water in the outskirts of Freetown is calling on the Government of Sierra Leone
The Government of Sierra Leone is reportedly on the verge of passing into law the Tobacco Control Bill to combat public smoking in the country. This information was made
The Medical Superintendent of Kailahun Government Hospital, Dr. Francis Lansana has disclosed that 13 maternal deaths were recorded in the entire district in 2018. (Photo: Dr. Francis Lansana,
