TreatmentcostsatSierra Leone’s main referral hospital, Connaught havedoubled, according to the new pricelist published by Management of the Hospital. Xray costincreased from Le80,000 to 180,000;hernia operation from Le700,000 toLe1,900,000; appendectomyoperation from Le500,000 to Le1,275,000;dental registration fee from Le15,000 to Le25,000, and extraction of tooth from 150,000 to 200,000 for adult,forsecondary school children from Le50,000 to Le100,000,...Read More
The Jestina V. Jones Memorial Fund (JVJMF) has on Friday, March 19, 2021, provided Le12 million grant to the Well Woman Clinic to support breast cancer screening programme. The Secretary of JVJ Memorial Fund, Dr. Teddy Jones said the since the Fund became operational, they had been supporting the Clinic with funding on numerous occasions,...Read More
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has in a press release dispelled concern raised over possible side effect of a batch of the anti-COVID 19 Astra-Zeneca vaccine –ABV5300. The Ministry issued a statement that the vaccines it had received in Sierra Leone is not part of the batch of the product suspected to produce harmful...Read More
Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), on Thursday, March 11, 2021, said that China will provide additional vaccines to athletes and officials of both the Tokyo Olympic and Beijing Paralympic Winter Games. Bach made the statement at the 137th session of the IOC session held virtually in Lausanne. “The IOC has...Read More
A total of 165 school-going children have benefited from the Choithram Scholarship Fund which was provided by the Choithram International Foundation each year to less privileged and excellent pupils. Like previous years, the Foundation has also paid fees for a medical student amounting to Le7, 500,000. The Financial Controller of the Choithram Group, Harish Agnani...Read More
The Government of the People’s Republic of China has donated 200,000 doses of SinoPharm COVID-19 vaccine, and 201,600 pieces of disposable needles and syringes to the government of Sierra Leone, Ministry of Health said in a statement on Thursday.. The authorities in Sierra Leone have received the donated items yesterday at a ceremony held at...Read More
Health facilities are constrained to access to pipe borne water and electricity, medical supplies and drugs, immunization vaccine, nutritional services for under-five children and accommodation, according to a report by Health Alert Sierra Leone. This disclosure was made by the organisation during an accountability forum on the health sector in Bombali and Tonkolili districts recently....Read More
Before the current health crisis, experts and organizations worldwide were ringing the alarm of a different pandemic, driven by criminal minds: the counterfeit or fake medicine industry that affects people in the entire world, including Sierra Leone. The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone is responsible to detect, confiscate and destroy fake medication in the country,...Read More
Following persistent overloading and refusal of pupils boarding the school buses in Bo to wear face masks, the Social Mobilization Manager of Bo DiCOVERC , Hon. Eric Jumu has called on Stakeholders to chat the way forward on these flagrant violations. Hon. Eric Jumu said the issues of overloading in the school buses and refusal...Read More
The Government of Sierra Leone on Sunday activated its Health Emergency Response System to level two (Enhanced Surveillance, Active Case Finding and robust Community Engagement) following seven confirmed Ebola cases with three deaths in neighboring Guinea. The country’s Health Ministry said in a statement that it has all the structures in place that were established...Read More
