Education and Health

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 January 2026 The Government of Liberia has taken a key step towards implementing the 2024 amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) following the signing of a national declaration of commitment after a three-day national technical workshop held in Monrovia from 15–17 December 2025, with support [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 January 2026: Sierra Leone recorded a total of 306,0057 live births in 2025, with females accounting for 51 percent (156,089) and males 49 percent (149,968), producing a sex ratio of 96 males per 100 females. This is according to the National Civil Registration Authority’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 November 2025: A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) underscores the remarkable progress made in the fight against measles over the past 24 years. Since 2000, global measles cases have fallen by 71%, dropping from an estimated 38 million to 11 million in 2024 [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 October 2025: As droughts, floods, and water crises intensify across the continent, African ministers and leaders are mobilizing ahead of the 2025 Sector Ministers’ Meeting (SMM), taking place on October 22–23 in Madrid. This political convergence marks a decisive step in the continent’s collective effort to [Read More]

Siera Leone Telegraph: 9 October 2025: Ghana Health Services, in partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), the World Health Organization (WHO), and UNICEF, yesterday launched the country’s first nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign. The five-day campaign, running from 8 to 11 October, aims to reach 2.4 million girls [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2025: UEFA and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance have joined forces to launch a groundbreaking vaccine awareness campaign that harnesses the power of football to build trust in immunisation across Africa. With the support of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and its member associations, Goal [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 September 2025: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved the Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project. Supported by a $40 million International Development Association (IDA) grant focused on the Western Area, the project is the first phase of a Multiphase Programmatic [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 September 2025: Vaccination programmes in lower-income countries supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance saved at least 1.7 million lives in 2024, the highest number recorded in a single year, according to Gavi’s Annual Progress Report published today. The number of lives saved – 400,000 more than [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 September 2025: In a landmark move, the Ministries of Health of Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire, together with Uganda’s Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) under the stewardship of the Uganda Ministry of Health, have signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo [Read More]