Healthcare in Sierra Leone

Healthcare in Sierra Leone is generally charged for[1] and is provided by a mixture of government, private and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

The management team is responsible for planning, organizing and monitoring health provision, training personnel, working with communities and supplying equipment and drugs.

[4] Observers argue that many of the women concerned do not even know they have a right for free medical care and that the law would remain a paper tiger if more earnings from the extractive sector was not invested in the countries healthcare system.

[4] The UK alone has agreed to pay for a years worth of drugs for the program and the World Health Organization has provided blood banks in each major town.

[8] Download coordinates as: Traditional medicine forms part of the primary health care system in Sierra Leone.