LifeLine

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Many parts of the world experienced a significant decrease in COVID-19 infections and deaths over the week, November 7-14, 2021.

By Kemo Cham and Rachel Williams

Dr Tom Sesay is the Programme Manager of Child Health and the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS). He is also the Vaccination Pillar Lead at the National Covid-19 Emergency Response Center (NaCOVERC).

In this interview, he talks to the Kombra TV on Sierra Leone’s efforts to increase uptake of Covid-19 vaccines, misconceptions that have held back these efforts and the authorities’ approach in beating these obstacles and ensuring access.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Many parts of the world experienced a significant decrease in COVID-19 infections and deaths over the week, October 25-31, 2021.

By Kemo Cham

As the race to contain the Covid-19 pandemic heats up, countries like Sierra Leone are lagging far behind in terms of vaccination.

Seven months since it commenced its vaccination programme, only about 3 percent of Sierra Leone’s population has been fully vaccinated, according to official data.

Besides hesitancy, which has been due to misconceptions fueled by fake news, occasional shortages of the jabs has also contributed to the low uptake. But authorities say not only is there enough jabs now, hesitancy has also reduced.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Many parts of the world experienced a significant decrease in COVID-19 infections and deaths over the week, October 18-25, 2021.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Many parts of the world experienced a significant decrease in COVID-19 infections and deaths over the week, October 10-18, 2021.

By Joseph Bankole Thompson MD, PHD

Sierra Leone recorded 0.03% and 0.07% increase in COVID-19 total infections and total recoveries respectively over the week, October 3-10, 2021.