By: Juliana Vandy Strategic Communications Unit – MIC. …
By: Juliana Vandy Strategic Communications Unit – MIC. …
By Mohamed Fofanah. The National Aids Secretariat (NAS) yesterday observed the HIV/AIDS Zero Discrimination Day as part of a global movement of solidarity to end all forms of discrimination. On Zero Discrimination Day this year under the theme “Remove laws that harm, create laws that empower,” UNAIDS is highlighting the urgent need to take action against discriminatory laws, and celebrate …
By Mohamed Fofanah. Diamond magnate, Hisham Mackie has opened a hospital in Tankoro Chiefdom in Koidu …
The Minister of Health and Sanitation and the Chief Medical Officer are at each other’s throats over what has been described as supremacy of administrative authority in the Ministry. In a leaked letter dated 12th October, 2021, the Chief Medical Officer, Rev. Canon Dr. Thomas T. Samba insisted that the postings done on the 6th October, 2021 “were extensively consultative”. …
The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Demby has demonstrated that he is the political head of the Ministry by rescinding postings of Medical Doctors done without his approval. According to reliable sources, before leaving for New York as part of the President’s official delegation to the UNGA (United Nations General Assembly), Dr. Demby did advice his two deputies …
England’s Covid travel rules and refusal to recognise vaccines administered across huge swaths of the world have sparked outrage and bewilderment across Latin America, Africa and south Asia, with critics denouncing what they called an illogical and discriminatory policy. The Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, described England’s rules, unveiled last Friday, as “a new simplified system for international travel”. “The purpose …
The World Bank Country Director for Sierra Leone, Ghana and Liberia, Pierre Frank Laporte, has paid a courtesy call on His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio and pledged the Bank’s support for the country’s Health Insurance Scheme. In July last year, President Bio launched the first-ever Group Life Insurance Scheme for frontline health workers who were engaged in the …
The First Lady, Madam Fatima Maada Bio on Tuesday, 24th August 2021 made an on-the-spot visit to the construction site of the 100-bed Pediatric Hospital, being constructed at the 34 Military Hospital Wilberforce. Madam Fatima Maada Bio was visiting the site following the turning of the sod some eight months ago. The 100-bed hospital is to support health care delivery …
Francess Forna, head of the School of Midwifery in Makeni, is upbeat about the support the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) provides to Sierra Leone’s midwifery programme. “The support by UNFPA is huge. We cannot underestimate that. It has been very consistent and for that we are very grateful because, it shows they [UNFPA] are aware of the role of …
By: Juliana Vandy, Strategic Communications Unit-MIC The Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh on Wednesday August 4, 2021 hosted the inter-ministerial committee on Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance Scheme (SLESHI) at the conference room of the Office of the Vice President to discuss issues of health insurance scheme for Sierra Leoneans. In his opening statement, the Honorable Vice President outlined …
By Haja Adama Kamara. Former Liberian President, Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf recently paid a courtesy …