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ARE NOT REALLY FREE SIERRA LEONE-HEALTH: FREE HEALTH CARE NOT REALLY FREESIERRA LEONE-HEALTH: FREE HEALTH CARE NOT REALLY FREEPoindexter SamaJessica McDiarmid
Sierra Leone, one of the world's least developed countries, suffers from a severe lack of healthcare resources. "Apart from six relatively large hospitals in Sierra Leone, the country mostly has small clinics, many of which can only provide limited health care such as herbal treatments. When ...
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In December 2023, Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio posted a tweet on X, formerly Twitter, saying, "I expressed our deep gratitude to the Chinese medical team for their commitment to improving the country's healthcare service delivery."■...
In collaboration with the Masanga Medical Research Unit, we set up a pilot 3D lab at the hospital. The MMRU platform promotes medical research in Sierra Leone to bring healthcare professionals together with a network of international partners to perform medical research. They hope to improve acce...
Commit and Act is an organization dedicated toempowering vulnerable populations in Sierra Leone. We work with local healthcare workers and other professionals to aid survivors of violence and help prevent violence. We treat survivors ofdomestic and gender-basedassault, people struggling with trauma foll...
FREETOWN, Aug. 15 ( Xinhua ) -- China and Sierra Leone have signed an agreement on medical aid in maternal health care as well as eye surgery. The agreement was signed over the weekend by Dr. Abu Bakar Fofanah, Sierra Leone's Minister of Health and Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo. ...
In this Saturday Nov. 8, 2014 file photo, Ebola health care workers bury the body of a person suspected of dying of Ebola virus on the outskirts of Monrovia Liberia. Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in Sierra Leone and unsafe burials may be responsible for up to 70 percent of ...
China and Sierra Leone have signed an agreement on medical aid in maternal health care as well as eye surgery. The agreement was signed over the weekend by Dr. Abu Bakar Fofanah, Sierra Leone's Minister of Health and Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo. In the signing ceremony, the Chinese ...