Health

New Book on Colonial Legacy in Global Health Responses in Sierra Leone

Health, Politics /

This perspective invites readers to reconsider the narratives surrounding global health events and to critically examine the colonial legacies that still shape the ontology of Black lives today A new book titled Antiblackness and Global Health: A Response to Ebola in the Colonial Wake by Lioba Hirsch has shed light on the deep connections between […]

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Research Highlights Need for Comprehensive Puberty Education in Sierra Leone

Education, Gender, Health /

Three key themes emerged from the findings: the need for teacher comfort in discussing puberty, the utility of a teacher’s guide for delivering this content, and the various system and resource constraints that hinder effective implementation. A recent study published in Frontiers in Education has underscored the critical importance of providing young people with adequate

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Calls for Moratorium on Recruitment of Nurses from Developing Countries

Gender, Health, Politics /

Countries that have not been traditionally active in international nurse recruitment are also showing increased demand for overseas-trained nurses, including Finland as well as Scotland, where the government announced an allocation of £4.5 million to support active international recruitment of nurses as part of the overall plan for pandemic recovery and renewal Click on photo

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Mercy Ships Returns to Deliver Life-changing Surgeries in Sierra Leone

Education, Gender, Health /

The Global Mercy departed the country in June after spending the previous ten months performing 1,979 life-changing surgeries for 1,728 patients and training 145 healthcare professionals on board in that time.  The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy™, was welcomed back to Freetown yesterday in a partnership between international charity Mercy Ships (www.MercyShips.org) and the Government of

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Sierra Leone Reaches Historic Malaria Vaccination Milestone

Gender, Health, Politics /

In late April 2024, the Government of Sierra Leone, with support from WHO and other partners, launched its first-ever malaria vaccination campaign. The introduction of 550,000 doses of the RTS,S malaria vaccine marks a pivotal moment in the fight against malaria in the country. Sierra Leone has one of the highest malaria burdens in the

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Most Liberian Pharmacies Sell Stolen Aid Drugs – USAID

Business, Health, MRU /

About 90% of pharmacies in Liberia are selling stolen medicine donated by aid organisations, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) says. USAID Mission Director Jim Wright at the weekend said such “acts of fraud” prevented Liberians from receiving donated essential medicines. “That is unacceptable. That means that medicine is only available to patients that

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New Alliance With UNICEF to Reduce Infant Mortality in Sierra Leone

Economy, Health, Politics /

Despite the important advances in recent decades in terms of child mortality – the global rate has decreased by 51% since 2000 –, still today a child dies every 6 seconds before reaching the age of five, or in other words, 4, 9 million every year. Most of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan African countries. Given

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Sierra Leone’s Science Council Gets New Lease of Life

Education, Health, Politics /

A pan-African initiative supporting science granting councils has boosted Sierra Leone’s National Science, Technology and Innovation Council, helping it gain international recognition and relevance, the Sierra Leonean science council chair has said. Jonas Redwood-Sawyerr, chair of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Technical and Higher Education’s National Science, Technology and Innovation Council (NSTIC) – a member council of the

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AfDB to Transform Water Management, Sanitation in Sierra Leone

Economy, Health, Politics /

A delegation of seven executive directors from the African Development Bank Group has visited a key water revamping project site in Sierra Leone designed to transform water management and sanitation in Freetown, the capital city and beyond. The directors, on a five-day consultation mission to strengthen the Bank’s partnership, visited project sites of the Freetown WASH

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