António Guterres: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2020: The upheaval caused by the coronavirus – COVID-19 is all around us. And I know many are anxious, worried and confused. That’s absolutely natural. We are facing a health threat unlike any other in our lifetimes. Meanwhile, the virus is spreading, the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2020: The government of Sierra Leone has stepped up its coronavirus 19 vigilance by introducing new travel restrictions, after an employee of the European Union delegation in Guinea yesterday tested positive for the coronavirus. According to reports, the patient had self-isolated after she felt ill [Read More]
Dr. Manal Ghazzawi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 March 2020: Will the novel corona virus otherwise named as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) come to Sierra Leone? Indeed, this is a question all of us might be asking ourselves in our beloved mama Salone. As it is called the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2020: A Commonwealth gathering has called for an end to gender inequality by 2030 so every girl can have the same opportunities as boys. Meeting ahead of today’s celebration of International Women’s Day, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland joined a gathering of leaders, celebrities, academics and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2020: Yesterday, President Julius Maada Bio went to visit officials at Lungi International Airport and local hospital in the north-western district town of Lungi to discuss measures that are in place to prevent and avoid the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Addressing [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 March 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with other UN agencies is providing strategic technical assistance to the government of Sierra Leone for the formulation and implementation of a National School Health Policy and Strategy. The new policy and strategy will create a safe, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2020: There has been much criticism thrown at the government of Sierra Leone’s seeming unpreparedness for any onslaught of the Corona Virus, which is predicted could affect most countries of the world in the coming weeks and months. But today, the Ministry of Information and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2020: Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health has today Friday, February 28, 2020, confirmed its first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State, which also marks West Africa’s first. According to the Health Minister, the case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned [Read More]
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2020: In early October, the world celebrated as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria declared its funding target of US$14billion to bring an end to the world’s three deadliest diseases was surpassed at the Sixth Replenishment Conference in France. [Read More]
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