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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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UNFPA, CUAMM Support PCMH, USL Teaching Hospitals With Vital Medical Equipment

Gender, Health, Politics /

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with Doctors with Africa CUAMM has donated equipment vital to the training of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) and the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospitals Complex. The state-of-the-art equipment, which included laparoscopy and colposcopy machines, was provided with support from the Italian Agency for Development

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Reducing Infant Mortality in Sierra Leone: The Improvement Is Stunning

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You may have heard of Sierra Leone as “the most dangerous place in the world to give birth.” No longer true: Deaths in pregnancy and childbirth have plunged 74 percent since 2000, according to United Nations figures. That arc is visible here in Sierra Leone, a country that remains heartbreakingly poor — yet where the risk of a

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Sierra Leonean Becomes First Deaf Black Woman to Receive a Stem Doctorate

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Dr. Amie Fornah Sankoh has a lot to celebrate after becoming the first deaf Black woman to receive a Stem doctorate, according to Yahoo News. Born in Sierra Leone, Sankoh lost her hearing at the age of three. As a struggling elementary school student, he father sent her to the US to explore options to help cure

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Sierra Leone: Draw Announced for Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Qualifiers

Entertainment, Gender /

Sierra Leone is among 25 countries that have confirmed their participation in the qualifiers of the Paris 2024 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament (WOFT) before the live draw was conducted today Tuesday 30 May 2023 on CAF digital platforms. First-Round Fixtures: Bissau vs Benin, Guinea vs Ghana, Burkina Faso vs Mali, Cote d’Ivoire vs Sierra Leone, Namibia

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NDMA’s Updates on Susan’s Bay Fire Incident

Environment, Health, Politics /

Directorate of Relief and Response of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) in collaboration with UNICEF, UNDP, FCC, CONCERN, SLRCS, CARITAS and the Sierra Leone Police has conducted a needs assessment and registration of the affected victims of the Susan’s Bay Fire Incident.   Director of Communications, Mohamed L. Bah, told journalists at the scene

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Iceland Commits to WASH Services in Rural Sierra Leone 

Education, Environment, Health /

The Government of Iceland through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has committed to supporting the Government of Sierra Leone’s programme, ‘Improving Access to Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services for Improved Livelihoods and Child-Friendly Environment in Rural Fishing Communities’, according to African Business. The project will improve water and sanitation services in 16

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Sierra Leone Tops 2022 Social Progress Index by World Economic Forum

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Sierra Leone is top among eight other countries, including The Gambia, Ethiopia and Guinea-Bissau that have shown the most improvement in the 2022 Social Progress Index, although the rate of social progress has slowed significantly in recent years, according to the World Economic Forum.   The International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, which engages the foremost

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Caritas Freetown, HealeyIRF Partner to Improve Health Access

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The development arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone has been selected as the implementing partner of a project by the Healey International Relief Foundation (HealeyIRF), a development agency that seeks to improve health access in the West African country. Announcing the new collaboration on November 18 at a press conference, Ishmael Alfred Charles,

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