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Solving Sierra Leone’s Tramadol problem

June 30, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2018: Tramadol is an opiate analgesic prescribed for the treatment of moderate to moderately severe pain. It works by changing the way your brain and nervous system respond to pain. There is an erroneous notion that being a milder form of opiate, the [Read More]

Education and Health

South Africa’s universal healthcare plan falls short of fixing an ailing system – lessons for Sierra Leone

June 29, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2018: In the closing hours of his ten years in power, president Koroma made a lot of noise about a Universal National Health Insurance Scheme he said he had introduced in Sierra Leone. But sadly no one has seen any evidence of the implementation of [Read More]

Education and Health

Our Sierra Leone: Situation excellent

June 22, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 6

Andrew Keili: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 June 2018: So much has happened in the political landscape over the last week, with political party apparatchiks trading accusations, that one ought to take a cooler and accentuate the positive. The idea for this piece came to me after I preached a sermon [Read More]

Education and Health

Measles outbreak in Koinadugu Sierra Leone needs concerted response

June 18, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Dr. Fawzia Thomas: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18th June 2018: It is quite worrying that an outbreak of measles virus was confirmed in the Koinadugu District of Sierra Leone four days ago. The press release from the Ministry of Health and Sanitation says that in June 2018, there were 19 confirmed cases [Read More]

Education and Health

Political expediency cannot replace prudent planning and careful execution – says Yumkella

June 4, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Anthony Abdul Karim Kamara, Jnr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 June 2018: President Julius Maada Bio pledged on 10 May 2018, in his inaugural address to the House of Parliament that “effective next academic year starting September 2018, my Government will introduce Free Education from primary level to senior secondary school [Read More]

Education and Health

Ebola virus response: experiences and lessons from Sierra Leone

May 25, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Eric Osoro: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2018: It’s 18 months since Sierra Leone was declared Ebola free after a two-year outbreak that left 4,000 people dead. While the outbreak might be over, its effects will persist for many years. In the small nation with a population of just 7 million many lost relatives [Read More]

Education and Health

Africa’s business schools need to be locally relevant and globally wise

May 25, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Kutlwano Ramaboa: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2018: If 99.6% of businesses in a country like Nigeria employ fewer than 10 workers, does it make sense to teach Nigerian business students how to manage Fortune 500 companies in the US using Harvard Business School case studies? This question, raised by the African Management [Read More]

Education and Health

Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s musical genius enthrals royal wedding

May 20, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 May 2018: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a musical genius born of a Sierra Leonean mother and a Caribbean father, has done it again. In 2016, aged seventeen, he was crowned Britain’s Best Young Musician of the Year by the BBC.  Sheku, now 19 years old, plays the cello [Read More]

Education and Health

International Women’s Day – personal journey sheds light on why so few black women in science

March 8, 2018 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Ndoni Mcunu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 march 2018: Nine years into my research and academic career, one of the most common questions I hear from family and friends is, “uzoqedanini ukufunda?” (“Will she ever finish studying?”) They’re not the only ones who struggle to understand what it is that I [Read More]

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