Health and Enviromental

By Joseph S. Conteh Pikin Bizness, an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of children in Sierra Leone through health, education, and economic support, has stepped in to provide essential medical care for one-year-old Mariama Juldeh Jalloh. Mariama, who has a hole in her heart, will be leaving Freetown for France to undergo lifesaving surgery, thanks to the efforts of...

By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma, Senior Health Education Officer –HEP/MoH As a show of leadership, the Hon. Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby has received the first dose of the MPOX vaccine in Sierra Leone. The event took place at the launch of the MPOX vaccination campaign for frontline workers and high risk groups at the CCSL compound in Freetown last...

Since 2022, a synthetic drug known as ‘kush’, has killed likely thousands of people in West Africa. Kush emerged in Sierra Leone, but quickly spread across countries in the subregion, including Liberia, Guinea, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, with devastating effects. By April 2024, the health impacts of kush, a synthetic drug containing nitazenes, opioids as – or more –...

By Alieu Amara Suwu In a decisive move to tackle adolescent pregnancy and child marriage in Sierra Leone, Chief Minister David Moinina Sengeh on Thursday 20th February 2025 unveiled a five-year national strategic plan at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The initiative aims to curb pressing social challenges and safeguard the future of young girls across the country.  Speaking...