Sierra Leone

Psychoactive drug kush has prompted a wave of deaths, mental health issues and the digging up of graves. The actor aims to regenerate an island off Sierra Leone and start the country’s first ... Read More

Sierra Leone declares national emergency over 'Kush' drug threat

× President Bio said that the scale of the threat posed by the drug is similar to the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic. He further pointed out the drug's spread would threaten Sierra Leone's bid to ... Read More

Sierra Leone authorities destroy $200,000 drugs

Sierra Leone authorities on Saturday burned $200,000 worth of narcotic drugs and chemicals used to manufacture the synthetic drug kush, two weeks after drug abuse was declared a national emergency. Read More

Children's Health News

2024 — Childhood maltreatment can continue to have an impact long into adulthood because of how it effects an individual's risk of poor physical health and traumatic experiences many years later ... Read More

British troops withdraw from Sierra Leone

Britain sent troops to the country two years ago as part of a massive United Nations peacekeeping mission which is credited with bringing an end to Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war. An MoD ... Read More

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days after the state’s top court upheld a near-total ban on abortion, Vice President Kamala Harris ... Arrivals program could obtain federal health coverage this year under a new rule. Read More

Sierra Leone declares national emergency on drug abuse

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio has declared a national emergency on substance abuse following calls on his government to crack down on the rising use of a cheap and ... Read More

Infant's Health News

Dengue Fever Infections Have Negative Impacts on Infant Health for Three Years Apr. 23, 2024 — Dengue infections in pregnant women may have a negative impact on the first years of children's ... Read More

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on the moon. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space. The U.S. state of Florida has a new law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. In this presidential campaign ... Read More

Sierra Leone

We’ve been working in Sierra Leone since 2007 on projects that span radio, mobile, social media and community discussion groups. We are proud to run Sierra Leone’s most popular Facebook page ... Read More

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone's neighbours, Guinea and Liberia, are also fighting to contain an increase in kush consumption. In Liberia, President Joseph Boakai declared drug abuse a public health emergency and ... Read More