By Politico Staff Writer
Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has assured a regional the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) mission of his government’s commitment to cooperate its findings and recommendations.
Dr Jalloh made the assurance at a meeting with the 7-man delegation which called on him at his office in Freetown on Friday.
The delegation was accompanied to the Vice Presidency by the Sierra Leone National Governance Council. Officials said the visit was meant to share their mission objectives.
The APRM mission is in the country to review the country’s health governance and COVID-19 response. The exercise is scheduled to last for 14 days, Politico learnt.
The head of the delegation, Zambian national Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, presented her team to the VP.
“We are all aware of the fact that the pandemic has brought to light health and socioeconomic weaknesses in different countries throughout the world including Sierra Leone. This is exemplified by poor conditions of basic health infrastructure in many nations in our continent,” she was quoted saying in a news dispatch from the Vice President’s Office.
VP Juldeh Jalloh welcomed the team on behalf of President Julius Maada Bio and the government of Sierra Leone, noting that his government was committed to working with the team.
“Let me, from the outset, express our government’s recognition and appreciation of the tremendous efforts the APRM has been making…I have no doubts that recommendations emerging from the findings of this targeted review would add value to ongoing policy discussions on the future of health care delivery in the country” he said in the release.
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