Good News as Goderich Community Gets Improved Health Center with Advanced Equipment, Solar and High-speed Internet Connectivity
Goderich, Freetown — September 14, 2026. For years, families in Goderich, Oba Funkia Community, knew the routine: a long wait, a single delivery bed, and often a rushed trip across town when their only Community Health Centre simply couldn’t keep up. On Monday, that routine ended. The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the World […]
Clean Hospitals For Safer Care: Ministry Of Health Launches Nationwide Fumigation Exercise to Boost 300 Days of Activism
The Ministry of Health, through its Directorate of Environmental Health, has embarked on a pest and disease control exercise targeting all government hospitals nationwide. About 124 trained fumigation officers and supervisors will be distributed to different facilities across the country to work with hospital leadership to make identified areas accessible for disinfection and ensure appropriate […]
Government of Sierra Leone Procures US$2M Worth of SRHR Commodities to Boost the 300 Days of Activism Campaign
For a mother rushed into a health facility for an emergency delivery, or a family relying on a clinic for family planning supplies, the difference between having the right medicine on hand and not having it can be life-changing. The Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, says that gap is about to narrow significantly after […]
SIERRA LEONE’S VOICE AT RC76 AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE COUNTRY’S HEALTH SYSTEM
The 76th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC76) is underway in the Ethiopian capital-Addis Ababa and Ministry of Health’s team, led by Dr. Austin Demby, is shaping decisions that will define Africa’s health future for decades to come. RC76 provides an opportunity for countries to gather experiences of other Member States, build […]
“We will use these facilities to train the next generation of health professionals,” Dr. Austin Demby.
On Monday 17th August 2026, the Minister of Health and his senior leadership team inspected ongoing construction works at the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (CoMAHS) east of Freetown, and Laka, far west of the city. At CoMAHS, the Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Health, is completing a major ultra-modern […]
Dr. Austin Demby Applauds Healthcare Workers and Calls for Greater Action to Achieve the National Triple Zero Targets
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, has praised healthcare workers across the country for dramatically reducing maternal and child deaths figures in just 160 days of the 300 Days of Activism campaign. The Minister described the work as remarkable, but calls for greater accountability and decisive action to prevent avoidable deaths of women […]
A New Step Forward in Strengthening Sierra Leone’s National Blood Transfusion System
Freetown, Sierra Leone| 9th June 2026. In Sierra Leone, the availability of safe, ready-to-use blood for patients who require immediate blood transfusion remains a major healthcare concern. This is partly influenced by the low turnout of vulnetary blood donor. In fact, vulnetary blood donation is pegged at less than 1% of the population, a worrying […]
President Bio Bids Farewell to Mercy Ships After Three Years of Dedicated Service to the People of Sierra Leone
In a bitter sweet ceremony at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Freetown, one marked by both celebration and reflection, President Julius Maada Bio said farewell to the largest hospital ship, the Global Mercy, popularly known as Mercy Ships. This comes after three consecutive years of providing free surgical procedures, education and training for healthcare […]
“The Health Travel Portal Will Strengthen Border Security Amid Ongoing Ebola Outbreak Elsewhere” Dr. Austin Demby
The Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, has launched Sierra Leone’s health travel portal at the Lungi International Airport. This new digital platform is designed to improve border health security, disease surveillance and potential public health outbreak amid rising concerns of the Ebola virus outbreak in the DRC. This centralized system leverages on use of […]
ECOWAS Health Ministers Adopt the Freetown Charter; what is it and why does it matter?
Described as the best health ministers conference since its inception, Sierra Leone proudly achieved a great feat not just in hosting the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Health Ministers of ECOWAS for the first time in fifteen years, it also came out with—The Freetown Charter—a document that clearly defines strategic roadmap for addressing […]