Edited: World Vision donates two million tablets to Health Ministry

l-r World Vision Sierra Leone Coordinator of Gift in Kind, Mr. Dwight Jones, handing over delivery notes to Deputy Director of Medical Stores, Mr. Jack Lansana

l-r World Vision Sierra Leone Coordinator of Gift in Kind, Mr. Dwight Jones, handing over delivery notes to Deputy Director of Medical Stores, Mr. Jack Lansana

World Vision Sierra Leone, a child focused non Governmental organization, through its Gift in Kind Programme has donated two million tablets of Albendazole to the Ministry [...]

Well Woman Clinic observes World Breast Cancer Day

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By Zainab Kanu

The Well Woman Clinic at the Aberdeen Center in collaboration the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA), on Saturday, February 4 observed the World Cancer Day at the Sussex Community Hall.

Making a statement at the ceremony, the Project Officer of clinic, Ms. [...]

Sierra Leone First Lady’s visit to Koinadugu

Sia Nyama Koroma

By Tatafway Tumoe in Koinadugu

From the Southern part of Sierra Leone to the East from the Western Area to the North, Her Excellency Sia Nyama Koroma, First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone is making an historic and initiative approach in helping to save young girls from early marriages and teenage pregnancy [...]

Plan-SL Gives Hope to Moyamba District

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By Zainab Kanu

Plan International Sierra Leone over the weekend handed over a health center, with basic medical facilities to the people of Bai Largoh, Kori Chiefdom in the Moyamba District.

Speaking at the handing-over ceremony, the Acting Director of Plan International Sierra Leone, Felix Addo Nyarko said that Plan International has existed in Sierra [...]

THE IMPACT OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND TEENAGE MOTHERHOOD ON THE LIVES OF YOUNG GIRLS

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BY ABDUL RAHMAN KAMARA

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION: Teenage Pregnancy and Teenage Motherhood has taken a center stage in the lives of young girls particularly in Sierra Leone and the world over. Every year it is estimated that about 14 million adolescent girls give birth globally, this according to a UNFPA Report in 2004 [...]

PPASL Opens Ultra-modern Maternity Clinic

UNFPA-Radtidza Ndlouvu, launching the clinic

By Zainab Kanu

The Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) in collaboration with International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) over the weekend opened its ultra-modern maternity clinic at Wesley Street in Freetown.  Photo: UNFPA-Radtidza Ndlouvu, launching the clinic.

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Quack Doctors Take Over Free Healthcare Initiative

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By Ayodele Lewis

Pregnant women and girls continue to face serious challenges in accessing the Free Health Care (FHC) facility launched by his President Ernest Bai Koroma over a year ago.

In Mapaki town, headquarter of Paki Masabong Chiefdom in the Bombali District, pregnant women and girls including children are facing serious challenges in accessing [...]

Maternal Deaths Threaten Free Healthcare

Ambulance used in Kongbora

By Ayodele Lewis

Government initiatives to address the problem of infant and maternal mortality in Sierra Leone appear to have paid dividends in Kongbora Chiefdom, Moyamba District.  (Photo: Ambulance used in Kongbora)

According to health workers in the chiefdom, the people are now able to access medication earlier and at a far lesser cost [...]