Health

Africa CDC raises alarm amid escalating health and security crises

February 2, 2025

Sierra Leone declares Public Health Emergency for Mpox

January 13, 2025

Environmental Sanitation: Jui faces looming waste management crisis

December 21, 2024

Sierra Leone embarks on Ebola vaccine campaign targeting frontline workers

December 21, 2024

Sierra Leone: US gov’t makes first disbursement for landmark Western Area Power Plant

December 11, 2024

Health

Sierra Leone: Main maternity hospital slashes deaths by almost 12 percent

December 10, 2024

By Kemo Cham The Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH), Sierra Leone’s main referral center for maternity care, slashed death related...

Brig-Gen Prof. Foday Sahr, Executive Director, National Public Health Agency. Image, National Public Health Agency.

No Confirmed MPOX Case in Sierra Leone – Prof. Foday Sahr

December 7, 2024

By Emma Black Sierra Leone has not recorded any confirmed case of Mpox, Prof. Foday Sahr, the Executive Director of...

FOCUS 1000 launches Communication Strategy for Family Planning

December 6, 2024

FOCUS 1000 has launched a new communication strategy, which the local NGO says will strengthen its approach to community engagement...

Sierra Leone: Investigation of suspected VHF case is normal routine – NPHA

December 6, 2024

The Executive Director of the National Public Health Agency (NPHA) of Sierra Leone, Prof. Foday Sahr, has said that ongoing...

Foday Ambrose Marah, District Operations Officer for the Western Area Urban District Health Management Team, receives his dose of the vaccine at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital on December, 2024. Image, Dennis Alfred Cole, ManoReporters.

Sierra Leone commences Ebola vaccine campaign targeting frontline workers

December 6, 2024

By Kemo Cham Sierra Leone on Thursday began vaccinating frontline workers against Ebola, nearly nine years after the world’s deadliest...

Prof. Foday Sahr, Executive Director of the National Public Health Agency (NPHA) of Sierra Leone, said there is nothing unusual about the death of the 29th year old female health worker, which sparked fears of outbreak of a hemorrhagic fever disease. Image, Kemo Cham, ManoReporters.

Sierra Leone: Investigation of suspected VHF case is normal routine – NPHA boss

December 2, 2024

By Kemo Cham The Executive Director of the National Public Health Agency (NPHA) of Sierra Leone, Prof. Foday Sahr, has...

Sierra Leone: Health authorities call for calm over suspected hemorrhagic fever disease case

December 1, 2024

By Kemo Cham Health authorities in Sierra Leone have said that there is no need to panic as they investigate...

Dr Manal Ghazzawi, Public health specialist and CEO of Citi Globe Pharmacy, Sierra Leone. Image, Joshua Koroma.

World Diabetes Day: Stick to natural food for healthy living – Public health specialist

November 14, 2024

By Kemo Cham Public health specialist, Dr Manal Ghazzawi has said that the best way to avoid life threatening diseases...

Dr Ngashi Ngongo, Chief of Staff and Head of the Executive Officer at Africa CDC. Image, Kemo Cham, Screengrab of zoom video.

Mpox: Liberia categorized as high-risk country – Africa CDC

November 11, 2024

By Kemo Cham Liberia has been placed on the list of countries considered highest risk for the Mpox Virus Disease...

Africa CDC headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Image, Kemo Cham, ManoReporters.

Covid-19: Africa CDC calls for enhanced surveillance in face of increased transmissibility of latest variant – XEC