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World Health Organization - Sierra Leone

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World Health Organization (WHO) Provides medical supplies to Bo Government Regional Hospital following mass casualty incident

All the key speakers at the event expressed their appreciation to WHO for its timely response and continuous assistance in strengthening health service delivery in the country

The World Health Organization Country Office in Sierra Leone has swiftly responded to a call by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to replenish medical supplies at the Bo Government Regional Hospital following an emergency response by the hospital team to a mass casualty incident that depleted the routine stockpile…

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Sierra Leone targets cervical cancer mortality by vaccinating girls

The HPV vaccine is given to girls at an early age to protect them before they are exposed to the disease

An age-old social belief that “what goes on under the cloth should remain under the cloth” is killing women in Sierra Leone. “People are dying in silence,” says Dr Desmond Maada Kangbai, the head of the country’s immunization services. He explains that most women affected by cervical cancer are not…

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Sierra Leone introduces Human Papilloma Virus vaccine to protect girls from cervical cancer

Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women with an estimated 266,000 deaths and 528,000 new cases each year

In a move to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer, the Government of Sierra Leone today introduced the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to the routine immunisation schedule and launched the start of a campaign to reach 153,991 girls with the vaccine. The introduction of HPV vaccine is one of the…

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Improving midwifery capacity and standards to curb death of mothers and babies

Preventable death of mothers and young children is still a big public health challenge in many low and middle-income countries including the participating countries

Over 80 maternal and child health experts from around the world have concluded a meeting in Freetown aimed at improving midwifery education. The body of experts included health authorities of Sierra Leone, Malawi, Bolivia, Pakistan and India, WHO and other global health partners. Their deliberations focused on finding workable strategies…

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Sierra Leone Evaluates Progress on International Health Regulations Requirements and Health Security Capacity

The workshops were organized in four thematic groups with each group focusing on four to six technical areas

Sierra Leone has completed its annual health security capacity assessment and operational planning across various sectors aimed at strengthening implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) in the country.  The assessments and planning were carried out through a series of multisector workshops on global health security which culminated in the…

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Coronavirus - Sierra Leone: Nearly 20% of target population vaccinated as Sierra Leone marks one year of COVID-19 launch

To increase uptake and protect more people, the routine COVID-19 vaccination sites have been increased from 72 to 724 across the country

One year ago today Sierra Leone launched the COVID-19 vaccination, days after receiving the first doses from the COVAX Facility and others through bilateral partnerships. To date, 1.1 million of the country’s 8 million people have been fully vaccinated and efforts are ongoing to increase vaccine uptake to reach a…