One of the plundered graves at Ascension Town cemetery
By Umaru Fofana
If you think human corpses have nothing on them to steal then think again, because it seems Freetown’s dead won’t be allowed to rest in peace and quiet.
No more Ebola patient in Sierra Leone
By Umaru Fofana
The last known Ebola patient in Sierra Leone has been discharged from the 34 Military Hospital in Freetown.
38-year-old Memunatu Kalokoh was infected by her niece, Mariatu Jalloh who died in Magburaka on 12 January after returning from Barmoi Luma in Kambia District, northern Sierra Leone.
Archbishop Charles attacks Safe Abortion Bill
Archbishop Tamba Charles in a fiery mood
By Mabinty Kamara
FBC Catholic Church project takes off
Archbishop Tamba Charles turning the sod
The Catholic Archbishop of Freetown has symbolically laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Church at Fourah Bay College, FBC, near Kortright, just off the college campus.
Sierra Leone holds first ‘Open Space Conference’ on health
By Kemo Cham
That the West African Ebola epidemic exposed the weakness of the region's health sector as demonstrated by its devastating impact has been extensively reported on. But the reason for its long-drawn-out nature has hardly been told enough.
Sierra Leone to eliminate leprosy – Official says
By Kemo Cham
Sierra Leone is on target to eliminate the bacterial disease Leprosy, a health official has said in Freetown.
Dr. Lynda Foray, Programme Manager, National Leprosy and TB Control Programme at the ministry of health and sanitation, MoHS, said in the six decades of fight against the disease Sierra Leone had “enviably” reached the prevalence rate of less than one leprosy patient per every ten thousand of the population.
Maternal death surveillance response launched
By Kemo Cham
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has unveiled a programme aimed at providing real time information and data to inform the management of maternal deaths in the country.
The Maternal Death Surveillance Response (MDSR), according to health officials, would help to provide missing information on maternal deaths for evidence based actions countrywide, so as to enable authorities utilize existing resources and recommend life-saving interventions.
