Health

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January 13, 2025

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December 21, 2024

Sierra Leone embarks on Ebola vaccine campaign targeting frontline workers

December 21, 2024

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December 11, 2024

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

December 10, 2024

Health

First Media Science Café held in Sierra Leone

December 30, 2023

By Juliana E P Kabba The first ever media science café to be held in Sierra Leone concluded in Freetown...

Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, CEO, FOCUS 1000, speaks to journalists in Kaboreh Village, Karene District on Sunday, December 17, 2023. Photo credit, Kemo Cham, ManoReporters.

Malaria: Vaccine is ‘icing on the cake’ in fight against parasitic disease

December 18, 2023

By Kemo Cham The Chief Executive of FOCUS 1000, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, has said that the availability of a malaria...

Malarian vaccines shipped to Sierra Leone. Photo credit, UNICEF

Sierra Leone: First Malaria vaccine shipment arrives

December 17, 2023

By Kemo Cham Sierra Leone government on Saturday took stock of the first shipment of the world’s first Malaria vaccine....

President Julius Maada Bio launches the National Public Health Agency. Photo credit, Ibrahim Barrie, ManoReporters

Sierra Leone: President Bio launches National Public Health Agency

December 15, 2023

By Mohamed Sahr Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio on Thursday launched the newly established National Public Health Agency (NPHA)...

Dr ShekuTarawallie, President of the Traditional Healers Council Sierra Leone. Photo credit, Kemo Cham, ManoReporters.

Sierra Leone: Traditional Healers President vows to ‘root out’ evil members amid flood of “witchcraft” cases

December 8, 2023

By Kemo Cham Inundated with reports of witchcraft cases, the Council of Tradition Healers Sierra Leone has vowed to clean...

The second phase of the initiative was launched at the just concluded 3rd Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA2023) in Lusaka, Zambia. Photo credit, Africa CDC

Africa CDC, Mastercard Foundation renew Saving Lives initiative

December 7, 2023

By Kemo Cham The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC) and the Mastercard Foundation have announced the extension of the...

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus displays his award as Zambian President Hakainde Hitchilema claps

CPHIA2023: WHO Director-General conferred Africa CDC’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Health

November 28, 2023

By Kemo Cham in Lusaka, Zambia The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is...

Delegates at the opening session of CPHIA 2023 in Lusaka, Zambia on November 27, 2023. Photo credit, CPHIA Communication Team

3rd Conference on public health in Africa opens with emphasis on need for vaccine independence

November 28, 2023

By Kemo Cham For Africa to better protect itself from preventable diseases, it must stop relying on outsiders for its...

Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseye. Photo credit, kemo Cham, ManoReporters

CPHIA is positioning Africa on global health agenda – Africa CDC boss

November 27, 2023

By Kemo Cham in Lusaka The Director General of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Dr...

First Cohort of CPHIA Journalism Fellowship Programme. Webcapture. ManoReporters

ManoReporters editor among inaugural cohort of African Union funded health journalism fellowship