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77,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone
77,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone, with about 70,000 actively responding to treatment.
Director General of the National AIDS Secretariat, Abdul Rahman Sesay said HIV/AIDS is now...
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Over 345 benefit from Healthcare for the Aged free health
Healthcare for the Aged, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the health and well-being of older adults, over the weekend provided free healthcare and eye...
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Health Minister addresses pending Doctors’ strike
Dr. Austin Demby, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation has the Ministry has engaged the doctors, assuring them that their fuel allocations will...
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In new Test, Avoid, Cure TB in Children Report: Doctors Without Borders call for urgent global support to children with TB
AYV News, October 22, 2024
In a new report released last week, called Test, Avoid, Cure TB in Children (TACTiC), Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders...
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Defence Ministry to recruits 500 healthcare workers
AYV News, September 3, 2024
Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Defence has revealed plans to recruit five hundred health care workers for the Joint Medical Unit...
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In Sierra Leone: 355,363 newborn to get free Hepatitis B Vaccine
AYV News, September 3, 2024
The Government of Sierra Leone through the Expanded Programme on Immunization in the Ministry of Health in collaboration with its...
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“Mpox is not the new COVID…”World Health Organization states
AYV News, August 26, 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge has stressed that the Mpox is not the new...
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“Sierra Leone has not recorded any case of Monkey Pox…” Health Authorities confirm
AYV News, August 21, 2024
L-R: WHO Rep, Health Minister, Executive Director MPHA
With imminent threat of Monkey Pox (Mpox) in the African Region, Sierra Leone’s...
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First Lady receives comprehensive Breast Cancer Center Proposal
AYV News, August 16, 2024
A delegation from Roche, a multinational healthcare company, visited the Goderich office of Sierra Leone’s Dr. Fatima Maada Bio to...
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Freetown Mayor congratulates Youth Climate Fund Winners
Mayor of Freetown, Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has congratulated and presented cheques to the 9 winners of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund, launched...
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In Sierra Leone: Over 1 million people live with Chronic Hepatitis B
AYV News, July 31, 2024
Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation has said approximately 13.8% (about 1.1 million people) of the population of...