The lifetime risk of maternal death in Sierra Leone is one in 52, with this risk believed to be even greater for adolescents ...

Fourteen years ago, NTNU surgeon Håkon Bolkan made a prediction about a training program he and his colleagues had newly begun to expand access to surgery in the West African country of Sierra Leone.

Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone used to be among the highest in the world. A 15-year-old non-profit program that trains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. View of Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 28, 2024. The hospital was once known among locals as the "Crase Yard," or yard for crazy ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 ...

School girls sign up for family planning consultancy at the Miatta Conference Hall School girls sign up for family planning consultancy at the Miatta Conference HallRobbie Lawrence Bajekal was ...

A small victory for health care professionals in Sierra Leone this weekend went relatively unnoticed. Doctors and nurses around the country had been striking for 10 days, asking for an increase in ...

Sierra Leone’s minister of health and sanitation has unveiled the District Health Information System (DHIS), which will produce information on key indicators of public health performance in the ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone has passed a new law imposing possible jail time for anyone caught hiding an Ebola patient — a common practice that the World Health Organization believes has ...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Abdul Jalloh was the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the country’s sole psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years ...