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  2. Health in Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Healthcare in Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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    Sierra Leone is divided into 13 health districts that correspond to the districts of Sierra Leone except for the Western Area Rural and Western Area Urban districts which are combined into the Western Area Health district. Each district has a health management team and an average of 50 peripheral health units (PHU) and over 100 technical staff.

  4. Sierra Leone not long ago still chained mental health ... - AOL

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    Joshua Abioseh Duncan, the head of the Mental Health Coalition of Sierra Leone, a group that advocates for mental health, said the long overdue review of the country’s 1902 Lunacy Act that ...

  5. Disability in Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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    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%).

  6. Sierra Leone begins nationwide rollout of Ebola vaccine a ...

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    “This is an investment in the safety of our people and a healthier Sierra Leone,” Health Minister Dr. Austin Demby said. There had been no approved vaccine at the time of the 2014 outbreak that recorded up to 28,000 cases, starting in Guinea before spreading across land borders to Sierra Leone and Liberia , the other two countries affected ...

  7. COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Sierra Leone on 31 March 2020.

  8. Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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    Sierra Leone lost three of its top doctors by the end of August to Ebola. [166] A fourth doctor, Dr. Olivette Buck, became ill with Ebola in September and died later that month. [167] Dr. Olivette Buck was a Sierra Leone doctor who worked in Freetown, who tested positive for Ebola on 9 September 2014, and died on 14 September 2014. [41]

  9. Category:Health in Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Health in Sierra Leone" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...