By: Dr Abdul Jalloh/ Specialist Psychiatrist The mental health aspect of pandemic outbreaks often goes unrecognised. It largely determines the overall direction of the outcome in terms of morbidity and some cases, mortality. Since we currently have an infectious disease outbreak, such as Covid-19, everyone reacts differently to its attendant stressful situations. Information overload and in most cases, misinformation during an outbreak through the media and other communication channels result...Read More

By Sallieu Kanu With the fragile Sierra Leonean economy still recovering from the Ebola health crisis and past lax macroeconomic policies, the COVID‑19 shock will add to the country’s vast development challenges, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a statement on Monday. The statement came on April 6, after the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the 2019 Article IV consultation with...Read More

By Sallieu Kanu Sierra Leone will receive a US$30 million grant from a new World Bank project benefiting seven West African countries to help harmonize and strengthen statistical systems in the respective countries. The overall objective of the project (Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa) is to strengthen the statistical systems of participating countries and regional bodies in Africa to produce, disseminate and enhance the use of core economic...Read More