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By Mustapha Kamara Junior

South African based global charity, ActionAid International, has called on Sierra Leone and other low income countries review their tax treaties as a way of maximizing their revenue bases.

The organization said that revenue generation from taxes levied on multinational companies in lower income countries could ensure a lasting change on the socio-economic development of their people.

By Kemo Cham

Sierra Leone has concluded a four-day anti-polio campaign with a nationwide mass vaccination exercise.

About 1, 493, 785 children were targeted in the first round of the Polio campaign planned for 2016 as part of the Child Health/Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) revitalization plans.

The exercise, which ran from Friday February 26 to Monday February 29, was supported by the UN agencies WHO and Unicef.

By Kemo Cham

A study released last week has indicated that the experimental Ebola treatment ZMapp has promising potential in treating patients of the deadly viral disease.

The study findings show that the drug sharply increases the chance of surviving virus, according to details released at last week’s medical conference in the US.

By Kemo Cham

A youth organization last week called on the Sierra Leone government to investigate alcohol contents in local brews which are blamed for the increasing high rate of crime in the country.

Alcohol manufacturers have been accused of putting high alcohol contents in their brews against existing policies, which buyers tend to prefer anyway. The problem is that the local brews, which are overly cheap, are particularly popular among young people.

By Kemo Cham

It seems revelations on the effect of the Ebola epidemic are far from over. The latest revelations suggest a possible longer effect of the virus on the mental ability of survivors.

A new study by US-based National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) confirmed what has been a long held suspicion on the effect of the Ebola virus on survivors.

By Kemo Cham 

The National Pharmaceutical Procurement Unit (NPPU) is set to commence nationwide distribution of Free Health Care drugs, according to officials.

NPPU officials last week said $6million worth of drugs were due to be distributed to 23 hospitals and 1,209 Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) nationwide as part of the first quarter distribution for 2016.The exercise was slated to commence on 29 February and would end on 30 March.

The NPPU is the drugs procurement arm of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and it is autonomous.

Shaka Sama just hours before he was jailed

The High Court in Bo has released the leader of land rights activists almost three weeks after he was convicted alongside five others for destroying 40 palm trees that belonged to an agribusiness called Socfin.