Audit Service Sierra Leone Report extols Focus 1000 and Action Plus as credible local NGOs

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Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2019 23:30

Awoko newspaper reports on Tuesday 15th January, 2019 that Action Plus and FOCUS 1000 were two local non-governmental organisations amongst five local NGOs audited  by the Audit Service Sierra Leone that “have complied with the objectives for which they were set up” referencing the 2017 Auditor General's Report titled “Auditor General’s 2017 Report on the Public Accounts of Sierra Leone”. The Report was tabled in Parliament on the 10th January, 2019.

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Ministry of Health and Sanitation Launches Sub-National Maternal and Child Health Week

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Published: Friday, 23 November 2018 18:00

Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. TT. Samba administring Vitamin A Supplement to Under-5 Child

Friday 23rd November, 2018-11-23-The Ministry of Health and Sanitation and it partners on Friday 23rd November, 2018 has officially launched the Maternal and Child Health Week commonly knows as MAMMIE EN PIKIN WELBODI WEEK at the Methodist Church Compound Kinghaman Road, Freetown. The launching attracted the attendance of over 200 pregnant women, suckling mothers and Under5 children. The campaign starts from Friday 23rd November to Monday 26th November.

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China commits support to improve women’s health in Sierra Leone through South-South cooperation

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Published: Thursday, 08 November 2018 10:03

Deng Boqing, Vice-Chair of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, and UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Dereje Wordofa signed the agreement at UNFPA Headquarters in New York on 29 October 2018. © UNFPA/Tara Milutis

A $2 million commitment from the People’s Republic of China will harness the power of South-South cooperation to reduce maternal deaths and prevent and treat cervical cancer in Sierra Leone.

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FOCUS 1000 CEO elected as Chairman for the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanisms National Committee

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Published: Wednesday, 07 November 2018 12:21

The Chief Executive Officer of FOCUS 1000, Mr. Mohammad Bailor Jalloh has been elected as the Chairman for the Sierra Leone Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCM) Committee.

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