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Freetown Mayor congratulates Youth Climate Fund Winners

Mayor of Freetown, Her Worship Yvonne Aki-Sawyer has congratulated and presented cheques to the 9 winners of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund, launched...

In Sierra Leone: Over 1 million people live with Chronic Hepatitis B

AYV News, July 31, 2024 Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation has said approximately 13.8% (about 1.1 million people) of the population of...

Mudslide at Moyiba, at least 6 houses buried

Sierra Leone has again recorded a major landslide in one of the country’s mountain communities called Moyiba. The heavy downpour past weekend caused a landslide...

UNICEF hands over $300,000 worth of equipment to Health Ministry

UNICEF Sierra Leone has handed over oxygen therapy equipment and accessories worth over $300,000 to the Ministry of Health. The equipment and accessories include 64...

Sierra Leone’s first Diaspora Conference on Kush held in Washington

AYV News, July 22, 2024 His Excellency Ambassador Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the United States of America has hosted Embassies and health...

Sierra Leone accredited to train Specialists in Surgery, Urology

The Hospital Care Manager of  Connaught Teaching Hospital Complex, Dr. I. Mark Kapuwa, has confirmed that the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospital Complex...

Health Minister condemns “Exploitation of Patients”

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr. Austin Hinga Demby, has expressed his disappointment with patients having to buy fuel for ambulances. Addressing concerns...

Type 2 Poliovirus detected in Sierra Leone

Health authorities in Sierra Leone have said they are investigating a case of Type 2 Poliovirus in the country, adding that the case, the...