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John Coster — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:12:48 +0000

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Diary: Sierra Leone slum medic

John Coster — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:19:08 +0000

Adama Gondor, who runs a clinic in a coastal slum of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is keeping a diary for the BBC News website about her work.Here she deals with a possible outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting, a seasonal problem in Kroo Bay, where shanty houses have been built on a rubbish dump on the banks of the Crocodile River.

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Diary: Sierra Leone slum medic

John Coster — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:11:55 +0000

Medics running a clinic in a coastal slum of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, are keeping a diary for the BBC News website about their work.

In this instalment, nurse Adama Bangura brings us the latest from Kroo Bay clinic, where nearby shanty houses have been built on a rubbish dump on the banks of the Crocodile River.

BBC News Diary

BBC Network Africa

John Coster — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:57:57 +0000

BBC Network Africa - Radio programme

Sierra Leone overfishing - CNN video report

John Coster — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:33:15 +0000

The livelihoods of many Sierra Leonean’s are being threatened by industry overfishing. Thomas Nybo reports.

Sierra Leone overfishing

Sierra Leone - Index on Africa

John Coster — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:53:08 +0000

Index on Africa is a gateway to information on Africa on the Internet, with over 3.800 links sorted by country, subject and news.

The Index has been created by The Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA), as a part of NCA’s efforts to raise awareness about Africa and African affairs.

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone - Poorest Health Services

John Coster — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:34:21 +0000

Freetown (Sierra Leone) - Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has said his country has the poorest health facilities and health service delivery in the West African sub region.

Speaking at the opening of the week-long 48th annual conference of West Africa College of Surgeons (WACS) at the Miatta Conference Centre, Mr. Koroma said the UNDP human development index ranked the country as one of those with the highest incidence of infant and maternal mortality in the world. According to available statistics, Sierra Leone can only boast of about 60 medical doctors.

President Koroma said the challenge was for his government to transform the entire health sector in the country to ensure better service delivery, adding: “My government is determined to address the poor health condition in the country because, when conditions improved, it will encourage medics to stay home and serve their people.” To demonstrate his commitment toward the improvement of the situation, the President said his government would allocate a piece of land to the college to enable it build an institution that would cater for the training of surgeons locally as well as create facilities for other sub-regional specialists.

Hundreds of medical doctors from the sub-region are attending the conference. Chairman of the conference’s Local Organizing Committee, Dr. Len Gordon Harris, described it as an annual rotational event.
In his address, Sierra Leone’s Health Minister, Dr. Socco Kabia, described Sierra Leone’s health problem as “serious health service delivery constraints” and blamed the 10-year civil war for the state of the country’s health sector.

Earlier, President of the West Africa College of Surgeons, Prof. E. Alihonou, said Sierra Leoneans had been giving valuable contributions to the college since its inception. He said the college was charged with the responsibility of organising seminars, conducting examinations, researches and training programmes for its members.

Panafrican News Agency (PANA) - February 15, 2008.