More than 1 million children and their families will be targeted in a major Mpox prevention campaign in Sierra Leone launched by Save the Children after the West African country recorded its first ...

Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency after identifying two cases of mpox within four days. The virus, typically seen in Africa and recently spread via sex, emerged in Lungi. The country was ...

While the World Health Organization declared an end to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone in November 2015, low commodity prices in 2015-2016 contributed to the country’s biggest fiscal ...

He added that Sierra Leone’s medical system was ready to respond to cases, pointing to experience gained during the Ebola and Covid-19 outbreaks. “We urge all citizens to remain calm ...

Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on Monday to combat mpox, announcing it was stepping up surveillance at its ...

The content is produced solely by The Conversation. The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. It was the largest Ebola ...

Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the world's highest alert level for the potentially deadly ...

They marked a turning point in the fight against Ebola. The vaccine’s near-perfect efficacy offered a rare moment of hope. Today Sierra Leone is embarking on a nationwide campaign with the rVSV ...

Sierra Leone was previously the epicenter of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the deadliest in history. The outbreak, primarily concentrated in West Africa, affected Sierra Leone the most, with nearly 4,000 ...