WACP and Royal College of Physicians target infectious diseases in Sierra Leone
Members of the West African College of Physicians (WACP) and the Royal College of Physicians,…
Browsing: Sierra Leone
Millions of African children to get polio vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) said 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in…
Emergency preparedness and response to improve in West Africa
Ministers working in the areas of health, agriculture and wildlife in the West African sub-region…
West Africa tackles human and animal health together to contain diseases
A drive by West African nations to tackle zoonotic diseases, those that jump from animals…
In wake of Ebola, West Africa adopts new disease control
Countries across West Africa have endorsed a landmark agreement to tackle zoonotic diseases and similar…
GIMPA trains healthcare managers in West Africa
Forty healthcare managers from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Gambia and Cameroon are undergoing requisite…
Post-Ebola, West Africans flock back to bushmeat, with risk
Photo by Jared Belson As the deadly outbreak of Ebola has subsided, people in several…
WHO says malaria no longer leading child killer in sub-Saharan Africa
There is good news in the fight against malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
Kenya to host regional Disease Control centre
Kenya has been selected to host the Eastern Africa Regional Collaborating Centre of the Africa…
West Africa better prepared to contain future Ebola outbreaks
The World Health Organization’s (WHOs) Regional Director for Africa says West Africa is better prepared…