The Director at the Directorate of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Santigie Sesay has called on authorities and partners to invest to address issues around Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries as the burden is already huge. He made the plea at the launch of the NCD Strategic...Read More
Health workers at Campbell Town health Centre in Waterloo have disclosed to Premier News on Monday that, lack of pipe-borne water, hospital structure, toilet facility and drugs is impeding their operation in the community. Esther Saspo, a nurse at a Health centre in the community, said that since the hospital which served the community was...Read More
The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Hon. Prof. Alpha Tejan Wurie has on Thursday 26th November, 2020 launched the Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Strategic Plan, NCDs National Policy and the Sierra Leone Non-communicable Diseases Injuries and Poverty Commission (NCDI) Findings and Recommendations. The launch took place at the Hill Valley Hotel, in the west of Freetown....Read More
Mariatu Sesay, a mother of seven and grandmother of four, has lived in the Kroobay slum for her entire life. She has one word to characterize her residential area: a dumpsite. Kroobay is near the Atlantic Ocean and it is the last station for all the garbage rushing down with the heavy rains from the...Read More
The Sierra Leone National Coronavirus Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) has engaged show promoters on enhanced COVID-19 enhanced regulations. This came after a huge crowd was spotted along Aberdeen Road down to Lumley beach that was engaged in massive publicity. “The coronavirus is still with us and there is every need for citizens to continue wearing...Read More
The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China has on Tuesday November 24, 2020, handed over medical supplies to the Government of Sierra Leone. The Minister of Defence, Brig. (Rtd) Kellie Conteh and his deputy, Dr Anthony Sandy, received the donated items in a ceremony held at the Chinese Embassy at Hill Station. Ambassador HU...Read More
President Julius Maada Bio has on Sunday November 21, 2020, turned the sod for the construction of an ultra-modern hospital in the Jojoima township, the chiefdom headquarter of Malema Chiefdom in the Kailahun District. Welcoming the entourage, Paramount Chief Lamin Pamly Ngevao thanked President Bio for visiting the chiefdom, adding that that particular visit was...Read More
The National COVID-19 Emergency and Response Centre (NaCOVERC) team operating in Hastings led by Sgt Andrew Davowah continues its monitoring exercise over the weekend and throughout the week to ensure that businesses and ordinary residents abide by the enhanced COVID-19 regulations. NaCOVERC continues to make considerable progress in its work to enhance social distancing in...Read More
The Assistant Programme Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), Dr. Alhaji S. Turay, has disclosed that Port Loko District has the highest prevalence of malaria in Sierra Leone, and Western Area Urban has the lowest with 6%. He made this disclosure on October 21, 2020 during the Zero Malaria Parliamentary Engagement Forum organized...Read More
While the sole agent for the export of timber from Sierra Leone, Babadi Kamara of Leadway Company, has told journalists that his company has generated over US$50 million as revenue for the government in two years, timber harvesters across the country have noted that government would have realized more if the trade had been liberalized....Read More
