Ministry of Health and Sanitation (Sierra Leone)
Government ministry of Sierra Leone
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The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (Krio: Ministri fɔ Wɛlbɔdi ɛn Sɛnitɛshɔn) is the health ministry of Sierra Leone. As of 2021[update], the Health Minister is Dr. Austin H. Demby. Their offices are located on the fourth floor of the Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown.[1]
As of 2014[update], the Ministry of Health and Sanitation is engaged in a campaign against the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, in which Sierra Leone was one of the most seriously affected countries.
As part of a larger campaign to reduce Sierra Leone's maternal mortality rate, the ministry invested in the construction of the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence, a maternity hospital in Koidu, Kono District that opened in 2026. The facility contains the nation's first neonatal intensive care unit.[2]
