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First Lady Fatima Bio Advocates for Healthcare Transformation at Mercy Ships Event
Sierra Leone's First Lady, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio, underscored her dedication to healthcare improvement in the country during her attendance...
Spain to Donate 500,000 Mpox Vaccines to Africa
Spain will give 500,000 Mpox vaccine shots to central African countries experiencing an increase in infections, the government announced Tuesday....
13.8% of Sierra Leoneans Live with Hepatitis B – Dr. Sulaiman Lakkoh Urges Urgent Action
By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma Dr. Sulaiman Lakkoh, Director of the Directorate of Disease Prevention and Control (DPC) at the Ministry...
Mpox is Not the New COVID – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge has stressed that the Mpox is not the new...
“No Confirmed Cases of Mpox in Sierra Leone” – National Public Health Agency
The Government of Sierra Leone, through its Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) and the National Public Health Agency (NPHA),...
Suspected Mpox Case Investigated in Kono District
KONO DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE – August 21, 2024 – Health authorities in Kono District are on high alert following the...
ECOWAS Raises Urgent Alarm as Monkeypox Continues to Spread in West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control has raised alarms over the...
First Case of More Dangerous Mpox Found Outside Africa
Sweden's public health agency has recorded what it says is the first case of a more dangerous type of mpox...
WHO Declares Mpox Outbreak in Africa a Global Health Emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the growing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and...
Mercy Ships Returns to Freetown to Deliver Over 1,400 Life-Changing Surgeries
Freetown, Sierra Leone - August 14, 2024 - The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy, arrived in Freetown...
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