Sierra Leone News News Sierra Leone » Health: Can Sierra Leone Keep Its Mothers Alive?
It's been a year since the US government's aid cuts sent shock waves around the world. But in one maternity hospital in Freetown it's the loss of UK funding that threatens to unravel years of steady ...
News Sierra Leone » Health: Sierra Leone: Innovative Sexual Health App to Help Prevent Surge in Teenage Pregnancy Due to COVID 19
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (June 14, 2020)—Disruption due to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone could lead to 23,000 extra teenage pregnancies by the end of the year, according to new analysis from Save the Children. i ...
News Sierra Leone » Health: Health info system launched in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone’s minister of health and sanitation has unveiled the District Health Information System (DHIS), which will produce information on key indicators of public health performance in the ...
News Sierra Leone » Health: Sierra Leone begins nationwide rollout of Ebola vaccine a decade after deadly outbreak
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 ...
News Sierra Leone » Health: Sierra Leone not long ago still chained mental health patients. A transformation is underway
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Abdul Jalloh was the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the country’s sole psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years ...
News Sierra Leone » Health: Chinese medical team donates supplies to boost healthcare in Sierra Leone
Members of the 27th batch of Chinese medical team in Sierra Leone pose for a group photo during a handover ceremony of medical supplies at the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital in Freetown, ...
News Sierra Leone » Health: Mpox in Sierra Leone: What's behind the recent surge and why West Africa is at risk
As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility that the virus will spread to neighboring countries and spark a larger ...