Lions International Club in collaboration with Pharco Pharmaceutical Company has on Monday January 4, 2021, donated 10 cartoons of assorted medicinal supplies to the Government of Sierra Leone The donated medicines include: Glycerin Ichthyol, Baby Comfort Oint, Recardopril 2.5 MG, Recardopril 10MG, Frusetone 20/50mg, and Cefazone 500MG Vial, Cefzin 1MG VIAL, Hydroxocobalamin 1MG – 1ML,...Read More
Sierra Leone has recorded 1,401 cases of still births across the country of which 821 (59%) were males and 580 (41%) females, according to the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA) 2020 report released on Thursday December 31, 2020. According to the report, there were 130,978 live births with a proportion of 57,881 (49%) males and...Read More
About 23,000 people suffer from tuberculosis (TB) in Sierra Leone, but only 11,513 received treatment as of October 1st, according to data from the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS). A majority of cases either dropped off of the treatment due to fear of COVID-19 quarantine, or they may be unaware that they suffer from...Read More
Marie Stopes Sierra Leone has on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, engaged men on how to educate the female folks (women, sisters, daughters, girlfriends) about the benefits of Family Planning. The engagement took place in Kukuna, a town in Bramaia Chiefdom, Kambia District in the north of Sierra Leone. Emmanuel Jah, the Service Marketing and Communication...Read More
Ibrahim Bangura grew up in a traditional Islamic family in Freetown, Sierra Leone. But religion did not shape his life. His childhood memories are wrapped in thick smoke of burned marijuana, kush, and other dangerous drugs that his older siblings smoked regularly in the room in which they grew up. Before too long, Ibrahim joined...Read More
Freetown – December 9 (KMN) The local NGO FOCUS 1000 has trained 45 community activists as “champions” of gender equality, as part of its effort to complement government’s efforts in the fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV). The training was conducted on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, as part of a one-day forum commemorating...Read More
The infant and maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leone are among the highest in the world. But data from the 2019 Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey report (SLDHS) done by Statistics Sierra Leone, which was launched by the Vice president Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh on Friday, shows that the country had been making steady...Read More
The Chief Executive Officer of Lake Production, Alhaji K. Mansaray (Aka LAJ.K) has on Tuesday December 8, 2020 said that after putting much efforts, the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has disapproved their proposed mask-up concert with global hit maker Kizz Daniel on January 16, 2021 in Freetown. According to Laj K, NaCOVERC’s disapproval...Read More
In Sierra Leone, 1.7% of people are currently living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a physician for Infectious Disease, Dr. Sulaiman Lakoh said on Tuesday. He made this statement during an outdoor visit by Premier News at his Connaught Hospital office in Commemoration of World AIDS Day on December...Read More
Sarah Cole, the chairlady of the Tambacular Wharf at Aberdeen Freetown has on Tuesday December 1, 2020 raised serious concern over the lack of toilet facility at the Wharf which has increased the tendency of open air defecation in and around the wharf which compromises sanitation in the area. She said that Tambacular has been...Read More
