Ouestafnews (in collaboration with Daily Guide – Ghana) –Seventy-year-old Adjeley Ny3 sits on a wooden bench in the far-left corner of a compound house in Mamprobi, an indigenous Ga community located about 2.3 kilometres from the central business district of Accra. Wearing a cloth wrap strapped around her chest, she chews on her sponge as […]
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Oestafnews (in collaboration with Daily Guide – Ghana) – The closure of borders, social distancing, wearing of nose masks and lockdowns characterised the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic which started in late 2019, spreading to other parts of the world within a matter of weeks. The pandemic brought devastating impact to human and social
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Sierra Leone recorded its first positive COVID19 case in March 2020. A year later the country received its first batch of 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Government Sierra Leone, CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. Finally having access to the vaccines was great, but their
Sierra Leone’s race against COVID-19 Vaccine Shelf Life Read More »
In any major public health emergency, Healthcare Workers (HCWs) are on the frontlines, interacting directly with the public and serving as trusted sources of information. Sierra Leone is a country that has recent experience with major public health challenges. It was an epicentre of the Ebola epidemic in 2014-2016. However, when faced with the COVID-19
In Sierra Leon’s Pujehun District, connections between the community and health facilities are often difficult because of the very poor condition of the roads. Furthermore, the district is divided by a major river and has a riverine area reachable only by with boats, which further hinders access. In March 2020, when the first case of