Health

Vaccine Delivery Initiative Expands in Rural Sierra Leone

Gender, Health, Politics /

With a new $673,000 grant from The Mercury Project, a consortium of scientists supporting public health guidance, a vaccine delivery initiative co-led by the School of Management’s Professor Mushfiq Mobarak is expanding in rural Sierra Leone, a small but resilient country in West Africa. The initiative is a collaborative effort between Mobarak and two European academics […]

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World Bank: Sierra Leone Advances in Human Capital, Requires Sustainable Investment

Education, Health, Politics /

Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, has launched the new World Bank report in Freetown titled: “Sierra Leone Human Capital Review: Maximizing Human Potential for Resilience and Inclusive Development”, welcoming its findings that Sierra Leone has made commendable strides in improving human capital development. The report also notes that the government has

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Sierra Leone Must Confess Sins Against Environment

Environment, Health, Politics /

Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has challenged citizens of the West African nation to treat their abuse of the environment as an “ecological sin”, which must be confessed. In his Sunday, March 17 homily during the Lenten Pilgrimage of his Metropolitan See, Archbishop Tamba Charles expressed concern that people are

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Sierra Leone Showcases Surgical Volume Rates with Increase in Number of Surgeons in Public Facilities

Health, Politics /

Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, has highlighted improvement in the country’s surgical volume rates when he addressed the Conference of the West African College of Surgeons, a four-day gathering of over 500 surgeons, some of whom will perform free surgeries and train local health workers from across the country. The small

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Sierra Leone’s Vice President Participates In AU’s High-Level Round Table on Addressing Malnutrition

Economy, Education, Health, Politics /

Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has participated in the African Union high-level round table discussions on ‘Addressing Malnutrition: Catalysing Africa’s Transformation Through Enhanced Multi-Sectoral Investments’. At the ongoing 37th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit, the Hon. Vice President shared his government and country’s experiences over

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First Lady to Transform Patient Care Landscape in Sierra Leone

Health /

First published by BUSINESSWIREINDIA Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, recently conducted their annual conference, the 9th Edition of “Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary”. The conference was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of Merck Foundation Board of Trustees, and Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and Chairperson of Merck Foundation Africa

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Experiences of Child and Early Forced Marriage Programming In Sierra Leone

Gender, Health, Politics /

Dr Modupe Taiwo, Save the Children’s Programme Director for the Global Affairs Canada funded Project on reducing and responding to child and early forced marriage and union titled ‘My Body. My Decision. My Rights.’ was a panellist among other global leaders at this year’s 2023 Women Deliver Conference (WD2023) in Kigali, Rwanda. Happening every three

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