On World Fistula Day…Fistula Survivor Gives Hope
By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma Senior Health Promotion Officer –HEP/MoH Betty Samai, a Fistula survivor has urged other women who are suffering from fistula to seek care as early as possible and that the disease is largely preventable, curable and treatable. Betty made the appeal in Freetown on May 23rd while giving testimony of how she battled with obstetric fistula and...
Sierra Leone Shares Innovative Health Approach at WHA Side Event
Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, 21 May 2025 – Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, highlighted the country’s transformative approach to healthcare delivery at a high-level side event jointly hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Buffett Foundation on the margins of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. The event was chaired by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom...
Gavi CEO Assures Sierra Leone of More MPOX Vaccine
Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, 20 May 2025 On the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, met with Dr. Sania Nishtar, Chief Executive Officer of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to discuss the ongoing partnership in public health and immunization efforts. In his remarks, Dr. Demby expressed sincere appreciation to Dr. Nishtar for her...
Health Minister Updates On MPOX
By: Juliana Vandy, Strategic Communications Adviser, Stratcom—MoICE During the weekly government press briefing on May 13, 2025, at the Miatta Conference Centre, Brookfields, Freetown, the Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, provided critical updates on the MPOX outbreak in Sierra Leone. He said that since the country recorded its first case in January 2025, the government has declared a public...
