Sierra Leone: Health Fees Scrapped but Gaps Remain
According to Unicef, one in five children die before their fifth birthday, prompting the government to launch a free health care program for under fives and lactating mothers. But fees are not the only thing standing in the way of decent health services.
A patient holds her new born baby in a hospital ward in Freetown.
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Sierra Leone:
ACC Whips Up Support for Free Health Care
Concord, 4 July 2012
As a Way of Enhancing Effective Service Delivery in the Free Health Care Programme, the Anti-Corruption Commission (acc) Has Engaged Health Workers in Makeni. This Was in the Form… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
World Vision Sierra Leone Launches 'Child Health Now' Today
Concord, 14 June 2012
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and other well-meaning non-governmental organizations, World Vision Sierra Leone has championed and will launch the… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Health Ministry Fast Track Progress in Health Care Delivery
Concord, 7 June 2012
Concerns have been expressed at an emergency meeting by the Minister of Health and Sanitation, Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura to develop more positive systems and structures that would… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Donors, Beneficiaries Discuss Free Healthcare Success
Concord, 16 May 2012
After two years of implementation of the free health care initiative (FHCI) for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five years, the Ministry of Health in… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Free Health Care - Kalangba Residents Complain Health Officer
Concord, 13 April 2012
Community Health Officer CHO attached to the Kalangba Health Centre in the Gbendembu Ngowahun, Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone, has come under serious criticism lately by… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Drug Diversions Hamper Free Healthcare
UNIRIN, 18 July 2012
User fees for children under five and pregnant women were scrapped in 2010, allowing them to consult health practitioners and receive medication free of charge. One in 21 women in… Read more »