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Community Advocacy Campaign to end FGM

Abass Sesay, AYV News, May 30, 2025 The Girl Child Network Sierra Leone, in collaboration with RAES and AmplifyChange, has officially launched a wide-reaching community mobilisation and advocacy campaign aimed at ending Female Genital Mutilation...

With 3,185 Cases Reported:Sierra Leone receives 20,000 Mpox Vaccines

AYV News, May 30, 2025 The Government of the United Arab Emirates has donated 20,000 doses of the Mpox vaccine to Sierra Leone to support the country’s...

Ahead of International Day to End Obstetric Fistula:UNFPA raises awareness on prevention, treatment

AYV News, May 23, 2025 Ahead of the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) joins Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health to raise...

Gavi CEO assures Sierra Leone of more MPox Vaccine 

 AYV News, May 22, 2025 On the side-lines of the 78th World Health Assembly, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby, met with Dr....

Kenema bans Drug Stores from treating Mpox patients

AYV News, May 21, 2025 A report from Kenema district health authorities have indicate that the district have taken a strong step to control the...

“Sierra Leone has half of Africa’s Mpox confirmed cases”- Africa CDC’s Mpox Incident Management Support Team

Aruna Turay, AYV News, May 21, 2025 See Abacha Street amidst Mpox epidemic Leader of Africa CDC’s Mpox Incident Management Support Team, Dr Ngashi Ngongo, has...

“Non-compliance: Responsible for rise in MPox cases”- Sierra Leone’s Health Minister tells Parliament

AYV News, May 15, 2025 Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, Dr. Austin Demby has blamed the latest rapid rise in Monkey Pox (MPox) cases in...

Malaria: The silent Killer Outpacing HIV, AIDS in Sierra Leone

Marius Musa Kargbo, AYV News, May 14, 2025 In the global fight against deadly diseases, HIV and AIDS often dominate conversations, headlines, and donor priorities. Yet, in...

MPOX is real and it is increasingly alarming:Sierra Leone records 2,147 cases, 11 deaths

AYV News, May 14, 2025 In Sierra Leone, Mpox is drawing increasing concern, with over Two Thousand and Forty-Five (2,045) cases documented as of yesterday May 13, 2025. Urban and West...

First Lady joins ‘Walk to defeat Diabetes’

AYV News, May 12, 2025 The First Lady of Sierra Leone, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio joins hundreds of Sierra Leoneans and friends of Sierra Leone...

Peace Ambassador calls on Local Artistes to join MPOX fight

AYV News, May 9, 2025 Sierra Leone’s Peace Ambassador and popular rapper, Alhaji Amadu Bah (King Boss LA) joins the call for all to be...