His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has turned the sod for the construction of the Mattru Jong-Senehun bridge, which links locals in Jong with neighbouring chiefdoms in the Bonthe district. Once completed, the bridge, replacing a 64-year-old ferry-crossing point, will be 50-kilometre east and 80-kilometre west, located 52 miles southwest of Bo district. It will also link business and …

During his recent visit to Brussels, Belgium, President Dr Julius Maada Bio visited the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) office in Belgium, where he engaged with the President and Directors of MSF Belgium and thanked them for their continued services to Sierra Leone. President Bio thanked the organization for its over 36 years of distinguished service in Sierra Leone. The President …

The First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio has briefed a high-powered delegation from the Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation and Equity Bank in Kenya in respect to her contribution in the country’s health sector in line with the agenda of His Excellency the President. Prominent among the numerous interventions highlighted by the First Lady as …

As part of broader cancer control efforts, including the development of its National Cancer Control Plan (NCCP), the Government of Sierra Leone is planning the establishment of the country’s first cancer treatment hospital – a radiotherapy facility. To support the country’s efforts, and help tackle low cancer survival rates, more than 40 government and civil society stakeholders convened for a …

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 …