Background Ebola outbreaks pose a major threat to global public health, especially in Sub-
Saharan Africa. These outbreaks disrupt the already fragile maternal health services in West …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected health systems in many
countries, but little is known about effects on health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. This …

Background. To achieve the universal health coverage among other Sustainable
Development Goals, African countries have shown the commitment by implementing …

Introduction Awareness creation through mass media has the potential to promoted positive
behaviors and discourage negative health-related behaviors through direct and indirect …

Abstract Background Within Sub-Saharan Africa, some countries still report unacceptably
high rates of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, despite improvements in the …

Introduction Reduction of maternal mortality remains a global priority as highlighted by the
third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). This is critical in the case of Sierra Leone as the …

We aim to evaluate whether the first National Emergency Medical Service (NEMS) improved
access to hospital care for the people of Sierra Leone. We performed an interrupted time …

Background In 2010, the government of Sierra Leone implemented the Free Health Care
Initiative (FHCI) in the country with the objective of reducing the high maternal, infant, and …

Central to the workings of a hospital are the technical and bureaucratic systems that ensure
the effective coordination of information and biological materials of patients across time and …

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures are critical to the reduction in healthcare-
associated infections, especially during pandemics, such as that of COVID-19. We …