When the email came in marked “urgent,” Maya was already back at her desk, two weeks after losing her pregnancy. The office hummed as usual. Her body ached, her mind floated in and out of focus, but she told no one. “I didn’t want to be the woman who could not cope,” she says. Stories…

When a Crisis Hits Home In April 2024, Sierra Leone declared a national emergency on drug abuse, targeting the synthetic drug known locally as kush. Reuters reported that the government’s declaration came after a surge in addiction, deaths, and hospitalizations that have shaken the nation. The drug: cheap, potent, and often mixed with dangerous substances…

Osman and Fatmata are the proud parents of Neneh, a bright and resilient young girl who has been living with cerebral palsy for fifteen years. Neneh’s journey has been one marked by challenges, determination, and ultimately, hope. Just three days after her birth, Neneh began to show signs of physical complications. As a result, her…

According to the African Union and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, everyone has the right to health in Africa, including adolescents. The right to health covers sexual and reproductive health. Further, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: “Ensure Healthy Lives and Promote Well-being for all at all Ages,”…

What causes liver problem? Well let’s begin by appreciating the work the liver does.The liver is the chemical factory of the body that builds or recycle substance  your body needs for  good health or breaks down those you don’t need as waste and its passed out as faeces.  Here is an interesting fact: about 2.25…

Now there are two types of arthritis, namely osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis . In Nigeria  both types are used to describe various aches and pains in the muscle and joints  as well as  for on & off pains generally felt in the body. The symptoms for both types tend to come and go. Nowadays its…

We’ve been told that, eat 3 meals a day, with snacks in between, or 5 small meals a day to boost your metabolism, and that putting your body on starvation mode will slow down your metabolism and losing weight will backfire at you if you reduce your number of meals daily. In fact, intermittent fasting…

Say No to sleeping pills, sunlight exposure could be the key to sleeping like a baby at night! Why is sunlight so important to the human body? Let’s go to the cellular level, every cell in our body has a mitochondrion which is the machinery or powerhouse in our body that produces energy. The mitochondria…

‘In Sierra Leone, the mortality rates of neonates, infants and children under five are also amongst the highest globally at 34, 82, and 111 deaths per 1,000 live births’. A concern that has often left various stakeholders curiously invested in working towards solutions that would help in making things better. On Wednesday 8th February 2023,…

Ginger,  it’s botanical name is Zingibe offcinale, grows wildly in both Nigeria and Sierra Leone. In traditional medicine its used in a lot of tinctures and herbal tea for these reasons; Firstly, its promotes beneficial  sweating. Now the body eliminates toxins from the body in three ways : through sweating,  urinating and poo. Sweating is…