Feature

By Kemo Cham

In the last 15 years, up to 2017, the Global Fund has invested US $10.5 billion in the fight against Malaria. Much of that money went to Africa and Asia - the two World Health Organisation (WHO) regions with the highest prevalence rates.

In spite of this huge investment, Malaria remains a major public health concern in many of the affected countries, including Sierra Leone where campaigners are calling for an intensification of the fight against the pandemic.

By Kemo Cham

It's May, one of three months in the dry season dreaded the most in Sierra Leone. Accessing water for domestic use is the most difficult in this time of the year.

By Khadi Mansaray

Sierra Leone decides on March 7, 2018.   As elections draw near parties and their supporters up the ante.  The propaganda machinery has gone into overdrive.  With messages ranging from positive, ambitious to pure fiction and downright lies.

By Kemo Cham

Out of every five children in Sierra Leone, one is likely to die before celebrating their fifth birthday, according to a UNICEF report.

This reality is at the center of the phenomenon known as infant mortality, one of the major health conundrums confronting Sierra Leone which is ranked among the top five countries globally with the highest rates of Infant Mortality at 114 deaths per every 1000 live births.

By Kemo Cham

Blood transfusion is critical to healthcare, yet in Sierra Leone accessing this life saving service is a nightmarish experience.

Infrastructural challenges aside, fear, fueled by myths and misconceptions, has made it hard to come across people willing to donate blood, even when loved ones are in deathbed. Nowhere is this situation more impacting than in Maternal and infant healthcare.

By Yusuf Bangura

Nigerians, like citizens of many large countries, often prioritise news on domestic affairs over what goes on outside their borders. However, as regional or global powers, such countries also need to be well informed about developments around the world, especially in countries where they have interests.

EXCERPT: Human rights campaigners in the West African nation are cherry-picking which rights they defend on the basis of religion, culture, and tradition, leaving LGBTQ communities vulnerable.

AUTHOR: Kemo Cham