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Health infrastructure in Sierra Leone boosted with EUR 4.4 million support from European Union

05.02.2017

On 5 February 2017 H.E. the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma officially inaugurated 47 newly constructed and rehabilitated health structures across 11 districts in a major boost for child and maternal health in line with the goals of the President’s Recovery Priorities, with support from the European Union.

Ambassador Peter Versteeg, the Head of EU delegation to Sierra Leone, Chief Medical Officer Brima Kargbo and UNICEF Representative is Sierra Leone Geoff Wiffin, cutting the ribbon a the inauguration in Kenema.

The infrastructure and equipment investments in district hospitals, health centres and health posts will potentially benefit 1.25 million women of child-bearing age and 676,000 children under five. The work includes the completion of upgraded medical stores that will help store Free Health Care and other health and nutrition supplies, new maternity and paediatric wards, and improved staff quarters.

This is part of large-scale EU funded health programme amounting to €23 million, through which the EU, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and implementing partner UNICEF have been working together to improve access to health particularly for young children and mothers around the time of birth.

 

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Remarks of Ambassador Peter Versteeg, Head of the European Union Delegation to the Repuplic of Sierra Leone, on the occasion of the official inauguration of the pediatric ward of the Kenema government hospital
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