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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. This left them traumatised, with an estimated 400,000 people (by 2009) being mentally ...
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 facilities across three districts in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone's population is still scarred from a more than decade-long civil war that began in the 1990s. Widespread unemployment, poverty and other hardship also takes a toll on mental health, ...
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (Krio: Ministri fɔ Wɛlbɔdi ɛn Sɛnitɛshɔn) is the health ministry of Sierra Leone. As of 2021, the Health Minister is Dr. Austin H. Demby. Their offices are located on the fourth floor of the Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown. [1]
Farming trainees who have been amputated during Sierra Leone’s civil war from 1991-2002, do warmup exercises before starting their day at the Farming on Crutches initiative in Freetown, Sierra ...
The Welbodi Partnership is a Sierra Leone and United Kingdom-registered charity that works exclusively in Sierra Leone, where it collaborates with official and non-official partners to support the provision of maternal and pediatric care.
Dorothy Springer Trust (DST) volunteer, Nelson, supports visually impaired student, Osman, during a lesson.. In a 2009 study of disability in Sierra Leone, one third of the disabled people surveyed were employed while twice as many disabled people (16.4%) had no access to healthcare as compared to non-disabled people (7.1%).