Tag: health
In Sierra Leone ‘Mamaye’ maternal health campaign goes online
Mamaye! a maternal health advocacy project in Sierra Leone funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) is using social media and the web to raise awareness about the right of ...Newsweek profiles Sierra Leone’s only psychiatrist in Africa’s first mental hospital
Dr. Edward Nahim is Sierra Leone’s only psychiatrist. In a recent profile in Newsweek we get a glimpse into the country’s only Mental Hospital, some of its patients, and the man who ...Sierra Leone sees reduction in cholera cases
In a recent press briefing at the Ministry of Information members of the Presidential task force on the cholera outbreak announced that the number of cholera cases have reduced in Sierra Leone. ...Thank you Finland: Workers arrive with 20,000kgs of drugs to fight cholera in Sierra Leone
For More: Photos (c) Flickr Set – IFRC.org A team of 13 health care workers with 20,000 kilograms of medical supplies have arrived in Sierra Leone from The Finnish Red Cross and Red ...Breaking News: In Sierra Leone 434 died of Cholera in 48 hours
Between Tuesday and Wednesday last week 434 people died of cholera reported cases in Sierra Leone according to sources at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. There have been 23, 748 recorded cases ...Sierra Leone maternal deaths halved but cases go unreported in North due to bad roads
Despite the Sierra Leone government’s efforts under its Free Healthcare Initiative, mothers in the rural parts of Koinadugu district have limited access to the facilities that have halved the nation’s maternal mortality rates ...‘Hitch’ star Eva Mendes in Sierra Leone
Eva Mendes, best known for playing Will Smith’s love interest in the 2004 blockbuster Hitch has just returned to the US after her first trip to Sierra Leone. Mendes was there to ...Why Sierra Leone should REconsider bringing in 32 Cuban doctors
South Africa has given $3million to bring in 32 Cuban Doctors to Sierra Leone John Donnely reports on Global Post that South Africa is among several other nations that are currently helping to ...SOS: Surgical Residency in Sierra Leone (symposium) May 18th 2011
Surgeons OverSeas will be hosting a FREE Symposium in Freetown, Sierra Leone Symposium on Graduate Surgical Education Theme: “Surgical Residency Program in Sierra Leone” on Wednesday, May 18th 2011 at Connaught ...Funny man Dennis Nelson Streeter calls for review of abortion laws
Image by Amnesty International via Flickr Many of you may know Dennis Nelson Streeter for his incredible wit, sense of humor, and baritone bass voice but you probably dont know that he ...