health

Iceland Commits to WASH Services in Rural Sierra Leone 

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

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

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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Sierra Leone’s Draft Resolution on Child Sexual Exploitation

First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio, has introduced a Draft Resolution to Declare November 18 as the “World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence” at the UN General Assembly.   According to a press release from the Permanent Mission of the Republic

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Why COP27 matters to Sierra Leone

Written by Babatunde A. Ahonsi, UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone is among the 10 percent of countries in the world that are most vulnerable to the adverse consequences of climate change, and presently one of the least able to cope with the effects. Unpredictable weather patterns, severe flooding, mudslides, and associated crop

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