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Sickle Cell Society commemorates World Sickle Cell Day

AYV News, June 20, 2025 In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, RAMSY Medical Laboratories and other partners, the Sierra Leone sickle Cell Society is commemorating the 17th World Sickle...

“Stick to One Sexual Partner until Mpox is over”…Dr. Sylvia Blyden advises unfaithful lovers

Aruna Turay, AYV News, June 16, 2025 Popular Sierra Leonean female socio-political activist, Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, has called on people in Sierra Leone to be faithful to their...

Freetown opens new Mpox Treatment Centre…provides care, case management, and infection prevention

AYV News, June 11, 2025 Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health (MoH), National Public Health Agency (NPHA), and Freetown City Council, in partnership with Médecins Sans...

CRSG and Chinese Medical Team Join Forces to Combat MPOX in Sierra Leone

On Friday, June 6, 2025, China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG) Company Limited, in collaboration with the 26th Chinese Medical Team to Sierra Leone, conducted...

20,000 MPox Vaccines arrived in Sierra Leone

 AYV News, June 5, 2025 Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Rashid Sesay has handed over 20,000 doses of Mpox vaccines to...

Sierra Leone: Over 3,400 Mpox cases, 17 deaths 

 AYV News, June 2, 2025  The Government of Sierra Leone has reported 1 new death case of Mpox in its latest health update, and confirmed...

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...

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...