Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2026: As Africa enters a decisive decade in the fight against malaria, a new generation of African scientists is shaping the future of malaria research, innovation, and public health leadership. They are driven by personal experience, community connection, and the urgent reality of a preventable [Read More]
Saidu Bangura & Donald Doherty: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2026: Fourah Bay College (FBC), celebrates today, February 18, 2026, one hundred and ninety-nine (199) years of existence as the first Western-modelled tertiary institution in West Africa. Many Sierra Leonean academics, alumni and non-alumni of the University of Sierra Leone [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2026: Against a backdrop of stalled progress, declining international funding, and intensifying threats, African Heads of State and Government yesterday 14th February 2026, issued a unified call for a new era of malaria financing at the 39th African Union Summit in Ethiopia. The African Union [Read More]
Donald Doherty & Saidu Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 February 2026: When Sierra Leone launched the Free Quality School Education (FQSE) in 2018, it was more than a policy announcement. It was a moral declaration, described as one of the most ambitious social policies in Sierra Leone’s post-war history. In [Read More]
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]
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