Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally with an estimated 604 000 new cases and 342 000 deaths in 2020. The highest rates of cervical cancer incidence...
By Emma Black In a field, far from Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, 35-year-old, Sento Sesay worked her family’s rice farm in Magbandi village. She was called from the field...
By Emma Black In May 2020, Veronica (last name not revealed because of an ongoing court case) hired a private teacher for her 12-year old daughter, who had been...
By Emma Black The phrase, “COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective,” is repeated around the world; on the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website, WHO vaccine tracker sites and...
By Stephen V. Lansana PHOTO: The Registrar of the Sierra Leone Nursing and Midwifery Council, Matron Christiana Massally State Registered Nursing programme is one of the programmes that women...
Media Science Cafes By Emma BlackMisinformation and distrust linger amidst efforts to boost vaccination rates in Sierra Leone, posing a significant challenge to public health. A recent media training...
By Kemo Cham The first ever media café to be held in Sierra Leone concluded in Freetown on Friday, December 22, amid calls for more and improved health reporting...
By Musa Paul FeikaThere have been low uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations in low income countries, which Sierra Leone as a nation is not an exception.It is owing to misconception...
By Emma Black The Freetown Secondary School for Girls, known fondly as “FSSG”, is a haven for pre-adolescent and teenage girls in the heart of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The...
By Emma Black Sixty-five-year-old, Mariatu Koroma, recalls May 2014 like it was yesterday. She was selling bush meat including monkeys, bats, deer, bush rats and wild boar, at the...