Optimal breastfeeding is of vital importance to infant and child health and has been adopted
by countries as a standard recommendation. However, in the context of an infectious …

Background. Kenema Government Hospital (KGH) has developed an advanced clinical and
laboratory research capacity to manage the threat of Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever (…

Implementing infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes in line with the World Health
Organization’s (WHO) eight core components has been challenging in Sierra Leone. In …

Objective:Despite the impact of inappropriate prescribing on antibiotic resistance, data on
surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. In this study, we evaluated …

… Mustapha Kallon gave invaluable help in the archives and accompanied me to Kenema,
making the journey both fun and productive. In Dust We Trust! …

… ,” says Kallon. “In little Modu, I can now feel the impact of the decades of efforts to save the
world from this debilitating disease. Congratulations, Modu.” Mr Kallon offered life scholarship …

… The focus group discussions were conducted with GOAL Sierra Leone, including Mustapha
Kallon, Hilton Matthews, and Kristine Jeppesen. The Asset Exercise was conducted under a …

By the end of the Ebola epidemic, death reporting in Sierra Leone (SL) became more
acceptable amongst local populations, with nearly all deaths being reported to the Ebola hot line …

BACKGROUND All 16 districts in Sierra Leone were endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF) at
baseline in 2008. Annual mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin and albendazole …

Sierra Leone is noted to have hosted one of the most extensive international peacebuilding
operations in contemporary conflict and post-conflict external intervention in Africa, …