Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 September 2026: The Gates Foundation today announced plans to spend at least US$1 billion over the next two years to expand access to artificial intelligence and the AI-enabled solutions, opportunities, and knowledge that have too often been out of reach for many around the world. The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2026: New tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, which are expected to become available from 2029, could help save up to an estimated 7.3 million lives between 2030 and 2050[1], unlocking up to US$ 135 billion in economic benefits across low- and middle-income countries, according to new analysis [Read More]
Davidnette Vandy (Switsalone): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2026: Behind every “A” to “Z” is an opportunity to discover a word, understand an idea, ask a question and begin making sense of the world around them. But what happens when that world looks and feels familiar? (Photo above: A child [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2026: With Zambia having received the delivery of the first US-funded HIV prevention medicine Lenacapavir, UNAIDS is now working in close partnership with the Zambian government, communities, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the US government to ensure that this new [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 August 2026: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) has announced additional funding to support Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak response. New funding of US$7 million will be deployed to provide 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine through the global Ebola vaccine stockpile. A further US$ 6 million [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2026: Across East and Southern Africa, governments, regional institutions and women’s rights advocates are driving a growing movement to tackle one of the continent’s most persistent challenges: violence against women and girls. At the same time, they are advancing a parallel agenda to strengthen care [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 July 2026: The African Development Bank Group has finalised a loan of up to $15 million to the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of South Africa Ltd (Biovac) to support a new multi-vaccine manufacturing facility in Cape Town that will significantly expand Africa’s domestic capacity to produce [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 July 2026: Each year WHO and UNICEF release global and national routine immunisation coverage estimates (WUENIC). Immunisation in the lowest-income countries is supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – a partnership that helps vaccinate more than half the world’s children, and includes WHO and UNICEF as [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2026: Freetown City Council (FCC), in partnership with HB Ltd, the Ministry of Health’s Directorate of Environmental Health and the District Health Management Team, has launched a two-day training programme aimed at strengthening the capacity of frontline healthcare workers to respond to heat-related illnesses. The [Read More]
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