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Health Topics (Sierra Leone) WHO Regional Office for …

(Just Now) WEBThe Sierra Leone country health profiles provide an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile, including a description of institutional …

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/sierra-leone/topic/health-topics-sierra-leone

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Sierra Leone - World Health Organization (WHO)

(5 days ago) WEBThe Programme Budget 2020-2021 broke all-time records in terms of programme budget funding and implementation. US$ 2 billion (34%) more funded than in 2018–2019 and US$ 1.3 billion (25%) more implemented. …

https://www.who.int/about/accountability/results/who-results-report-2020-2021/2021/sierra-leone

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Community Health Workers address malnutrition in Sierra …

(1 days ago) WEBTombo, 8 March 2024 — It is a sunny morning in the coastal town of Tombo, western Sierra Leone and Mohamed Mansaray, a Community Health Worker (CHW), embarks on his …

https://www.unicef.org/sierraleone/stories/community-health-workers-address-malnutrition-sierra-leone

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Improving Access to Healthcare in Sierra Leone: The Role …

(3 days ago) WEB1. Introduction. Multiple barriers prevent an equitable access to healthcare services in low-income countries (LICs), leading to higher morbidity and mortality rates …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8472563/

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Population health trends analysis and burden of disease …

(7 days ago) WEBBackground Sierra Leone, in West Africa, is one of the poorest developing countries in the world. Sierra Leone has experienced several recent challenges namely, …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14104-w

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Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health UNICEF …

(Just Now) WEBThe Sierra Leone National Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) strategy (2017-2021) sets ambitious targets of reducing …

https://www.unicef.org/sierraleone/maternal-neonatal-child-and-adolescent-health

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Sierra Leone Explosion Kills More and Strains Health …

(6 days ago) WEBWhile Covid-19 has not overwhelmed Sierra Leone, which has reported just 6,400 cases and 121 deaths during the entire pandemic, the country is no stranger to health crises. An Ebola epidemic that

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/world/africa/sierra-leone-explosion-healthcare.html

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Sierra Leone completes strategic public health emergency …

(Just Now) WEBSierra Leone has completed public health risk profiling with aid of the Strategic Tool for Assessing Risk (STAR) and field testing of a new tool that will better position the country in terms of readiness to …

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/sierra-leone/news/sierra-leone-completes-strategic-public-health-emergency-readiness-assessment-and-risks-profiling

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Population health trends analysis and burden of disease …

(4 days ago) WEBSierra Leone has experienced several recent challenges namely, a civil war from 1991 to 2002, a massive Ebola outbreak from 2014 to 2016, followed by floods and …

https://reliefweb.int/report/sierra-leone/population-health-trends-analysis-and-burden-disease-profile-observed-sierra-leone-1990-2017

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CDC in Sierra Leone - Centers for Disease Control and …

(9 days ago) WEBThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began working in Sierra Leone in the 1970’s, focusing on Lassa fever. In 2008, CDC began supporting Sierra Leone’s HIV …

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/sierra-leone/pdf/cgh_countryfs_sierraleone.pdf

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Sierra Leone IMA World Health

(3 days ago) WEBIn the past decade, Sierra Leone’s health system faced two enormous crises, in the form of the world’s largest Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014-2016, and the ongoing COVID …

https://imaworldhealth.org/where-we-work/sierra-leone

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The burden of mental disorder in Sierra Leone: a retrospective

(7 days ago) WEBBackground In sub-Saharan Africa the treatment gap for mental disorders is high. In 2009, 98.0% of people with mental illness in Sierra Leone were not receiving …

https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-021-00455-1

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Sierra Leone Partners In Health

(Just Now) WEBSierra Leone. Sierra Leone has long struggled with some of the world’s worst health outcomes—including a maternal mortality epidemic in which a woman’s lifetime risk of …

https://www.pih.org/country/sierra-leone

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Strengthening Health Systems in Sierra Leone

(4 days ago) WEBAugust 19, 2015. ICAP, a major research center located at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, was awarded funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …

https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/strengthening-health-systems-sierra-leone

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Equipping Sierra Leone’s health system for improved health …

(3 days ago) WEBGandorhun - It’s a sunny morning in Gandorhun town, a farming community in Moyamba District, southern Sierra Leone. Whilst most of the youthful residents head off …

https://www.unicef.org/sierraleone/stories/equipping-sierra-leones-health-system-improved-health-service-delivery

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Current health issues and progress in Sierra Leone

(3 days ago) WEBSierra Leone is currently working towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. To achieve the targets for the reduction of child mortality, which forms MDG 4, Sierra Leone …

https://www.commonwealthofnations.org/cho/africa/sierra_leone/current_health_issues_and_progress_in_sierra_leone/

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Sierra Leone’s slow progress on mental health - The New …

(Just Now) WEBIn Sierra Leone, mental health problems are widely believed to be caused by witchcraft or demons. That’s why people refer to them as “noto ospitul sik” – an …

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2019/11/13/Sierra-Leone-mental-health

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Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone – Brown Undergraduate Journal …

(Just Now) WEBWhile the problems that contribute to maternal mortality seem incredibly daunting, there are several solutions Sierra Leone can turn to. Regarding health sector …

https://sites.brown.edu/publichealthjournal/2023/05/02/maternal-mortality-in-sierra-leone/

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Sierra Leone Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

(5 days ago) WEBSierra Leone. Print this page Select language. Language Selector Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Hans Rosling Center for Population Health. 3980 15th Ave NE, …

https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/health-by-location/profiles/sierra-leone

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Primary health care and family medicine in Sierra Leone - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBSierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world at between 1165 and 1360 deaths per 100 000 live births compared to the average rate for LDC …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6676938/

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