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Sierra Leone’s Statistician General elected Vice-Chair of UN Statistical Commission
Prof. Osman Sankoh, Statistician General of Sierra Leone, has been elected as Vice-Chairperson of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC)....
Wheelchair-bound man appeals for help from President Bio & SLPP
A wheelchair bound supporter of the governing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has appealed for support to enable him receive...
Three African countries collaborate to manufacture vaccines for Covid, Malaria and TB
Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal have announced a partnership to jointly produce vaccines for three major health issues of concern to...
EU-Africa Summit: Bio sells Sierra Leone’s healthcare investment potentials
President Julius Maada Bio has catalogued major investment opportunities in the healthcare sector in Sierra Leone at the EU-Africa Summit...
International Epilepsy Day in Liberia: Overcoming stigma, accessing treatment
By Médecins Sans Frontières MONROVIA, Liberia, February 14, 2022: People with epilepsy face many challenges in low-resource countries such as...
UN: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf named co-lead of Advisory Board of ‘OurCommonAgenda’
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been appointed to serve in the advisory board of the United Nations’ ‘Our...
Africa CDC declared an autonomous health agency
The African Union (AU) has elevated the status of its health agency – the Africa Centers for Disease Control and...
Sierra Leone: Parliament Speaker backs bid to outlaw FGM
Anti- FGM campaigners in Sierra Leone have won a major support in their bid to outlaw the practice. The Speaker...
Death of girl sparks global appeal to criminalize FGM in Sierra Leone
The tragic death of a young Sierra Leonean has sparked global appeal for the country to criminalize Female Genital Mutilation...
Diabetes: The “Ticking Time Bomb” for Africa! Are we sitting on it?
Dr. Manal Ghazzzawi, Author Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global health catastrophe that affects how the body processes sugar due...
