WORLD BANK: Sierra Leone Fights Malaria With Mass Distribution of Treated Mosquito Nets.

 Freetown — Over the past decade, there has been strong progress globally against malaria, an age-old disease transmitted through the bite of an infected anopheles mosquito. In Africa, with increased efforts More...

Stop The Itch Campaign, From Malaria in Moyamba, Sierra Leone.

 MedShare is partnering with the Faiths Act to mobilize multi-faith communities to advance the UN Millenium Development Goals and combat malaria. The entire 5.6 million population of Sierra Leone is currently More...

Historic overview: Sierra Leone returns to pioneer’s methods.

 By: Katrina Manson The scientists who discovered, after years of effort, that malaria came not from bad air – as the name (from the Italian mal’ aria) suggests – but from mosquitoes, have acquired the More...