In 2025, we responded to an mpox outbreak by establishing a 50-bed treatment centre, and rehabilitating the national referral hospital’s isolation ward in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. In Bombali and Tonkolili districts, Northern province, our team assisted with health promotion activities and contact tracing, and provided supplies and training to the Ministry of Health.
In Kenema district, Eastern Province, we continued to offer lifesaving care for pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under five years old, at the 164-bed maternal and child health hospital that we opened in 2019.
Throughout the year, we also supported four general healthcare facilities in Kenema district by donating medical supplies, rehabilitating infrastructure, and training Ministry of Health medical staff. In addition, we sent mobile teams to remote communities in the district, where there were few health facilities, to deliver vital services, such as rapid malaria testing and treatment, vaccinations for children under five years old, family planning consultations, and antenatal care.
In July, we concluded our tuberculosis (TB)-related activities in Bombali district. Since 2019, we had been working to improve access to diagnosis and treatment for both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB. During this time, we provided treatment for adults and children, as well as prevention therapy and support for the rollout of a shorter treatment regimen for drug-resistant TB, and introduced tools to strengthen the diagnosis of paediatric TB.
In August and September, respectively, our activities in Magburaka and Mile 91 township, including their surrounding communities in Tonkolili district, also concluded. For nine years, we had focused on reducing maternal and child deaths in the district by supporting general healthcare facilities with medical supplies and infrastructure rehabilitation, drilling boreholes, and facilitating referrals for specialist care. Our support also included care for pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under five years old at the Magburaka government hospital and the Hinistas community health centre in Mile 91.
