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24 January 2024

Solar Refrigerators bridge the vaccination gap in Sierra Leone

Tombo, Sierra Leone - In the busy coastal village of Tombo, where the rhythm of life often echoes the gentle lapping of the waves, a significant leap forward in healthcare is underway. A solar refrigerator is changing health service delivery, particularly in the vital field of vaccination. For years, the area stru...

15 September 2023

A new heartbeat: Transforming maternal care in Makeni Government Hospital

Makeni - At the Makeni Government Hospital, the main regional referral hospital in Sierra Leone’s northern region, a transformation is taking place in maternal healthcare. With thanks to a partnership between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), and with technical support fr...

Thousands of children under five in Moyamba District reached with critical life-saving interventions

Moyamba – Thirty-year-old mother of two, Helen Gbatima of Taima village, Moyamba District, looks adorably at her eight-month-old baby boy, Ibrahim, as she spoon-feeds him with a cup full of corn soya blended porridge by the doorstep of their home. Ibrahim has just recovered from a short bout of malnutrition a...

Solar Powered Refrigerators Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Freetown – Isha Kanawah, a vaccination nurse at the Rokel Community Health Centre in rural Freetown has just returned from a COVID-19 Community Outreach Exercise to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19. It is a very hot and humid day in Sierra Leone. As she was unpacking the unused COVID-19 vaccines fr...

Saving the life of a pre-term baby at the Special Care Baby Unit in Bo, Sierra Leone

Bo – When Nancy Moses, a mother of two, returned with her 11-month-old baby, Miracle, to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at the Bo Government Hospital this time round, it was not for the hospitalization of her baby but for a regular follow-up visit to check the status of his health. Miracle was discharged f...

Equipping Sierra Leone’s health system for improved health service delivery

Gandorhun - It’s a sunny morning in Gandorhun town, a farming community in Moyamba District, southern Sierra Leone. Whilst most of the youthful residents head off to their farms, Nurse Agatha Tommy, the focal person for the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) at the Gandorhun Community Health Centre (CHC), an...

Talking points delivered by Ms. Yuki Suehiro, Chief of Health, Nutrition and HIV, UNICEF on the handing over of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

On behalf of the United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), I bring you greetings from the UNICEF Representative, Dr. Suleiman Braimoh, who is unavoidably absent here today. It is a privilege and a pleasure to officially handover this consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which was procured with fundi...

Government of Germany and UNICEF hand over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reinforce infection prevention and control (IPC) for health service delivery in Sierra Leone as part of COVID-19 response

Freetown - The Government of Germany, in co-operation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has officially handed over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to reinforce infection prevention and control (IPC) for health service delivery in the context of the C...

Remarks by UNICEF Representative, Dr. Suleiman Braimoh at the handover of Medical Supplies procured with support from Islamic Development Bank

Minister of Health and Sanitation, other government officials here, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen. I am honoured to officially hand over Medical Supplies and Equipment, which the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has procured on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone with financial support fro...

The IsDB and UNICEF hand over supplies and equipment to strengthen the COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone.

Freetown - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has handed over medical supplies and equipment procured with Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) funds on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone to contribute to strengthening Sierra Leone’s emergency response to COVID-19, while also supporting the strength...

Delivery of solar powered refrigerators to improve vaccine coverage in Sierra Leone

Kambia, Sierra Leone - Wednesday mornings are busy at Senthani Peripheral Health Unit in Kambia.  On this day, the two-roomed health facility, which is the pivot for health services delivery for this rural community of more than 3 000 people, is dedicated to the immunisation of children against common childho...

22 October 2021

Special Care Baby Units save the lives of premature and sick newborns in Sierra Leone

Musu Silverlee, a young lactating mother from Borborgahun village in Kailahun District, eastern Sierra Leone, caressed her one-week-old baby, Ansumana, as she breastfed it inside the Special Care Baby Unit at the Kailahun Government Hospital. Musu, who was still pregnant a week ago, developed complications due to ...