Health

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

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

December 10, 2024

Health

A patient afflicted by Mpox. Image, US CDC

Over raging monkeypox outbreak, Africa CDC to declare continental public health emergency

August 10, 2024

By Kemo Cham The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is set to declare the ongoing outbreak...

(VIDEO) Sierra Leone: Preparing the next generation of scientific writers

July 27, 2024

The last decade following the West African Ebola epidemic, Sierra Leone became a popular subject of many researches, which were...

Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC. Image, Africa CDC

Africa CDC signs Strategic Partnership agreement with Africa Public Health Foundation

July 26, 2024

By Kemo Cham The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Africa Public Health Foundation (APHF) have...

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

Sierra Leone announces detection of Type 2 Poliovirus, urges calm amid further analysis

July 12, 2024

By Kemo Cham Health authorities in Sierra Leone say they are investigating a case of Type 2 poliovirus in the...

Sierra Leone: Formal launching of CSO platform on drugs and substance abuse

July 10, 2024

TheCivil Society Platform on Drugs and Substance Abuse is a response to the declaration of a national emergency on drugs...

Andrew Jaiah Kaikai, Executive Director of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), formally launching the Civil Society Platform on Drugs and Substance Abuse on Thursday, 4th July, 2024. Morrie Koroma, ManoReporters.

CSO platform on drugs and substance abuse formally launched

July 7, 2024

By Kemo Cham Image, Morrie Koroma, ManoReporters. The Civil Society Platform on Drugs and Substance Abuse (CSPDSA) has been officially...

The novel iEVac-Z Ebola vaccine. Image, Dr Alhaji Umar Njai.

Sierra Leone to host trial of Ebola vaccine developed at University of Wisconsin-Madison

July 5, 2024

By Kemo Cham Prof. Yoshihiro Kawaoka speaks to ManoReporters in an interview at the Radisson Blu Mammy Yoko Hotel in...

Sierra Leonean health officials at a press conference in Freetown on July 4, 2024, discussing preparations for the safe return of 2024 Hajj pilgrims. Image, Morrie Koroma, ManoReporters

Sierra Leone prepares for safe return of Hajj pilgrims, amid Public Health Concerns

July 5, 2024

By Morrie Koroma The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, saw around 1.8 million Muslims gather...

Sierra Leone launches nationwide vaccination campaign against Measles and Rubella

July 3, 2024

By Kemo Cham After nearly a week of delay, Sierra Leone is kick-starting a nationwide mass vaccination campaign against Measles...

Dr. Sandra Lako, Mercy Ships Country Director, Sierra Leone. Image, Mohamed Sahr, ManoReporters.

Mercy Ships conducted over 1,700 surgeries in 10 months