The Legal Aid Board with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a two-day training workshop on improving access to justice for victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases in Kono and Kailahun Districts. Twenty staff, 10 each from the Legal Aid Board and the Kenema based human rights organization, Humanist Watch (HUWASAL) benefited from the training which took place in Kenema from 12th to 13th...Read More
Despite significant efforts to maintain malaria programming through the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria and several Commonwealth countries are falling behind in the race to halve malaria cases and incidence by 2023. The Commonwealth is currently off track to achieving the commitment to halve malaria by 2023,as agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London in 2018. The Commonwealth, with a third of the global population accounts for over half...Read More
Sierra Leone’s health authorities on Monday said the country has recorded over 2,600 obstetric fistula cases, a type of childbirth injury for women, since 2020. Obstetric fistula is preventable through the provision of quality care at birth and most cases can be repaired surgically, said Francis Moses, a health expert of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation, at a commemoration of the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula that...Read More
Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday 22 May 2022 –The Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr Austin Demby and His Excellency Lansana Gberie, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, have participated in the opening of the Seventy – Fifth World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Assembly is a supreme decision-making body for the WHO. It holds annually for all Member...Read More
The Philadelphia Adult League Softball (PALS) has officially announced that it will support the Sierra Leone Cricket Association next month with cricket equipment after receiving donations from several Cricket clubs and organizations. The support is to further strengthen their partnership, as they are also set to undertake a cross-training of one hundred and fifty (150) young cricketers in a USA Quick ball clinic that will be facilitated by the Philadelphia...Read More
