New Surveillance and Diagnostic Laboratory opened in Makeni
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has officially commissioned an international-standard laboratory that will serve as a space for…
The Tobacco and Nicotine Control Act 2022, the savior of cigarette and secondhand smoking in Sierra Leone
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco use kills nearly six million people each year, and more than 600,000 of these people are exposed to second-hand smoke. Tobacco kills…
Why must Sierra Leoneans embrace commendable efforts towards curbing rampant pollution and destruction of riverbeds and their rich resources
BY ISHMAEL KINDAMA DUMBUYA Wandering through a vehicle along major rivers of Sierra Leone in the north, North-West, south and eastern regions, one is perturbed by many anthropogenic or human-induced…
How this Sierra Leonean woman is rebranding honey production in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, West Africa, a young female entrepreneur who quit her high-paid job to establish her own company, Lyoa Sourced Co Ltd - a company that source, brand and…
FESTUS’ DIARIES (FDs) – SEASON 1
Festus Diary: It was a beautiful Monday. That day he appeared before the senior class seething with anger. The cool headed vice principal we knew had metamorphosed into the image…
Young Saybah Kolee makes history in Liberia Marathon
Young Saybah Kolee has just made history in liberia to become the first Liberian female to reach the finish line in the Liberia Marathon Taking on her social media, she…