© 2000 Ismail Ferdous, Courtesy of Photoshare Robin Gorma of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health wants us all to add our voice to ending preventable stillbirths. Stillbirth is a difficult topic. There are no words to express the devastation or to ease the crushing pain of a loved one going through the tragedy…
Photo: Ramatu Jalloh Coordinator Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) and Immunization CSP/ FOCUS 1000 delivering a presentation during the Safe Clinic Conference organised by Ministry of Health and Sanitation As the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement gets ready for its Global Gathering, Ramatu Jalloh from the Sierra Leone SUN Civil Society Network looks at its potential in…
Cross section of religious leaders in Port Loko townhall meeting The northern parts of Sierra Leone (Bombali, Kambia, Tonkolili and Portloko districts) at this time are the latest sight of attraction since the re-emergence of the new Ebola cases in Sierra Leone. In a bid to complement the District Health Medical Teams (DHMTs) through their…
Cross section of tradiational heallers contact tracers in Kambia FOCUS 1000 has been facilitating community engagements with Traditional Healers and Religious leaders in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Saniation in the Northern district of (Tonkolili, Port Loko, Kambia and Bombali districts) through the Social Mobilization Action Consortium (SMAC) with funding from DFID to…
The Social Development Adviser for DFID Richard Carter has disclosed to religious and traditional healers in Kambia district that their timely intervention during the difficult times of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone saved DFID millions of pounds; which could have been used to provide treatment for thousands of Sierra Leoneans who would have been…