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 Mohamed Fofanah. The Chairman of the National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) yesterday announced that Sierra Leone has bent the curve, and permanently flattened the third-wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, and puts the virus under control. This follows the United Kingdom Government’s risk assessment survey on 19th July that put Sierra Leone on a red list of countries with …

By Lansana Fofanah.                                                                                 A prominent campaigner for the legalization of Canabis Sativa also known as Marijuana, Elijah Mohamed Issa Gogra, founder of Culture Radio, has called on the government to legalize Canabis Sativa in the country for it will create jobs and boost the economy. While updating the press recently on the ongoing petition for the legalization of marijuana, he …

By Haja Adama Kamara. The Managing Director of the National Medical Supplies Agency (NMSA), Dr. Lawrence Sandi has schooled Journalists on the role and responsibilities of NMSA in the procurement and distribution of drugs and medical supplies for all Government institutions in Sierra Leone. According to Dr. Lawrence Sandi, the NMSA agency’s main focus is to work with free health …

By Jane B. Mansaray. In a bid to promote good and better health care system in the country, a Non-Governmental Organisation in Wales, Tamareneh Rhondda has donated drugs and medical equipment to some government hospitals in Freetown worth over one hundred Million Leones. The items were over the weekend handed over to medical authorities at Connaught, Lakka and the Emergency …

His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has commissioned the Mamasa Community Private Hospital in Kendeyama Community in the southern city of Bo. The Mamasa Community Private Hospital was constructed by Honourable Dickson Momoh Rogers, Member of Parliament for Constituency 100 in the Pujehun District and his wife, Haja Fanta Rogers. Chairman of the occasion, Minister of Health and Sanitation, …

By Mohamed Fofanah.                                                                                  The Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) yesterday revealed a list of 81 sachet water producing companies eligible to operate in the sector after passing the rigorous standard tests at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, EWRC and the Sierra Leone Standards Bureau. Before this revelation, there had been around 167 companies that were identified to be …