Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (Krio: Ministri fɔ Wɛlbɔdi ɛn Sɛnitɛshɔn) is the health ministry of Sierra Leone. As of 2021 [update] , the Health Minister is Dr. Austin H. Demby. Their offices are located on the fourth floor of the Youyi Building, Brookfields , Freetown .
In April 2010 Sierra Leone launched "Free Health Care Medical Insurance", a system of free healthcare for pregnant and breast-feeding women and children under five. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A UN population Fund representative said that medical equipment had been ordered and some drugs distributed as part of the new healthcare scheme but the coverage was not ...
Mental health care in Sierra Leone is almost non-existent. Many sufferers try to cure themselves with the help of traditional healers. [ 18 ] During the Civil War (1991–2002) , many soldiers took part in atrocities and many children [ 19 ] were forced to fight.
The Ministry of Health established units for mental health in all 14 districts of the country almost a decade ago, but few function as intended due to a lack of trained staff and other resources.
In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. ... the director of mental health at the Ministry of Social Welfare, said there had been a sharp rise in people addicted to kush turning ...
In addition, Doctors Without Borders, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, runs three cholera treatment units in Freetown, where more than 500 patients have been treated. [28] The organisation has treated approximately 4,600 patients in Sierra Leone and Guinea since February. [4]
Alhaji Dr. med. Sheik-Umarr Mikailu Jah (22 August 1935 - 2 August 2024), commonly known as Dr. S.U.M. Jah, was a Sierra Leonean public servant, trained as a surgeon in Germany and one of the few medical specialists working in Sierra Leone throughout the civil war, and later a statesman who served as a minister of Sierra Leone for 11 years, from 1996 to 2007.
As Ebola was brought under control, PIH shifted to support the Ministry of Health in rebuilding its health system. [61] Today PIH's Sierra Leone program is focused on raising the standard of care through programs in Kono and Port Loko Districts, with a focus on maternal health, HIV/TB and Ebola survivor care. PIH currently supports six health ...