Program/Project Management Volunteer Opportunity in Sierra Leone about Education and Health, requiring 3-4 years of experience, from King's College; closing on 29 Jan 2021
December 22, 2020
By Elizabeth A. Kaine
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2020, which is posted on their website, reveals that Sierra Leone in recent times has one of the world’s highest burdens of malaria cases – accounting for an estimated 6,824 deaths (or roughly 2% of all malaria deaths recorded globally) in 2019.
According to the Government of Sierra Leone’s own ‘Malaria Control Strategic Plan (2016-2020)’, malaria is endemic in Sierra Leone and transmission has been recorded in all areas of the country. At the time of the plan’s publication (in late 2015), malaria accounted for 40.3% of outpatient morbidity for all ages, and it accounted for 37.6% of all hospital admissions in the country.
Skin-bleaching on the increase in Sierra Leone
27 December 2020 at 19:06 |
By Teddy Foday-Musa, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Intro.
This article was first published in 2008 to serve as a deterrent to skin-bleaching in Sierra Leone. But after more than a decade, the act of skin-bleaching seems to resurface and continues to appeal to our young teenage girls and adult women in the country. It is against this background that an edited version of the article is prepared for publication to serve as a reminder to victims of skin-bleaching. The article explores the medical complication of skin-bleaching. It clearly articulates the importance of the three-layers of our dark skin and their preventive attributes in protecting us from skin cancer and other related skin diseases.