The Ministry of Health & Sanitation (MoHS) believes that access to sound health is a human right, its vision is to ensure a functional national health system delivering efficient, high quality health care services that are accessible, equitable and affordable for everybody in Sierra Leone and the overall goal is to maintain and improve the health of its citizens.
The document provides a summary report of the 2017 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) Plus in Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) conducted in 2017 is the first health services...
The second phase of the Sierra Leone President’s Recovery Plan prioritised saving the lives of 600 women and 5000 children in 2016. Concerted efforts are ongoing to scale up programmes aimed at saving the lives of women and children. Maternal...
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Sierra Leone had the worst death toll since the disease was diagnosed in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also had far-reaching socio-economic consequences. It was unprecedented in terms of...
Improving their quality requires consistent reminding of service providers about the service components that they are expected to provide, and monitoring (for example, through supervision) that service provision is consistently documented.
Sierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality ratio in the world, making it one of the most dangerous places to give birth.
The availability of high-level diagnostic equipment assessed the presence of an ultrasound machine, X-ray equipment, electrocardiograph (ECG) machines and CT scan machines at the facilities. Pujehun was the only district that had all the...
The availability of comprehensive surgical services was spread across all districts. However, in Kambia and Western rural districts, 50% of hospitals did not offer comprehensive surgical services (data not shown).
Fifty-four hospitals (54) were assessed for the availability of advanced diagnostic services. On average, one in every four offered services. Over half of the facilities could perform urine dipstick tests. About one in every three facilities...
Hospitals are expected to offer comprehensive surgical services. Fifty-four (54) hospitals were assessed and 87% reported offering comprehensive surgical services. However, reporting on the availability of specific surgical procedures ranged...
Sixty-one percent (61%) of facilities offered PMTCT services. All facilities providing PMTCT services offered HCT for pregnant women. Fifty-three percent (53%) of facilities provided HCT to HIV-positive women and exposed infants. Notably, one of...
