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News channel or source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-community-health-officers-sierra-leone.html
Published on: Thursday 14 May 2026
Fourteen years ago, NTNU surgeon Håkon Bolkan made a prediction about a training program he and his colleagues had newly begun to expand access to surgery in the West African country of Sierra Leone. ...
News Sierra Leone » Southern » Health: Malaria Vaccine: A came changer for children's health in Sierra Leone
News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/sierra-leone/news/malaria-vaccine-came-changer-childrens-health-sierra-leone
Published on: Sunday 28 April 2024
On 25 April 2024, six-month-old Zainab Conteh became the first child in Sierra Leone to receive the WHO-approved malaria vaccine, during the campaign launch at the State House in Freetown. This marked ...
News Sierra Leone » Southern » Health: Project Hope: Improving Maternal Health in Sierra Leone
News channel or source: https://www.csis.org/analysis/project-hope-improving-maternal-health-sierra-leone
Published on: Wednesday 20 March 2024
This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on March 21, 2024. Listen to the podcast here. Mvemba Phezo Dizolele: Welcome to Into Africa. My name is Mvemba Phezo Dizolele. I'm a Senior Fellow and ...