Kingsley Ighobor Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2015 On 27 February 2013, four-year-old Charlotte Mmowa sued Limpopo Province health authorities in South Africa for 1.1 million rand (about $100,000) for mishandling her own birth, during which her mother died. Several months later, the court agreed that the nurses and doctors [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 February 2015 In this interview by Yemisi Akinbola for Africa Renewal, Julien Potet (Photo), the Policy Advisor on Neglected Tropical Diseases Vaccines with Medecins Sans Frontieres, talks about the challenges and advances made thus far in finding treatment for Ebola. Africa Renewal: What research had been done prior to 2014 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 February 2015 As efforts to find a cure for the Ebola virus gather momentum, Yemisi Akinbola for Africa Renewal caught up with Dr Bernadette Murgue (Photo), the Deputy Director of the French Institute of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. They discussed issues surrounding Ebola treatment. This is an excerpt from [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2015 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that Ebola may be retreating, but hundreds of thousands of people are now facing hunger in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. According to a report published [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2015 A statement released today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says that one of its health workers in Sierra Leone, died two days ago of the Ebola virus, in the Eastern district of Kenema. The identity of the [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2014 In the process of change, especially of attitudes and behavioral patterns, the will on the part of the people to accept the need for change, plays a crucial role in its success or failure. Accepting could be one thing, but putting [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2014 Last week’s report in the Awareness Times regarding Sierra Leone’s health minister’s conflict of interests and possible breach of the country’s civil service code of conduct, in the face of the current public health crisis, raise serious questions about governance, accountability and possible [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2014 The family and people of Sierra Leone are today trying to come to terms with the shocking death of Dr. Modupe Cole, one of the country’s top physicians at the Connaught Hospital in Freetown. He contracted the Ebola virus whilst trying to save [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2014 Malaria experts from countries across Africa are meeting today at the 13th annual National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) Best Practice Sharing Workshop. in Tanzania. The gathering provides a platform to discuss and share knowledge and experiences, and to drive dialogue around improved health [Read More]
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