October 2022: Sierra Leone begins HPV vaccination drive

October 31, 2022
Source: World Health Organization
Health Domain: Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Region/Country: Sierra Leone

October 2022: Partner News Round-Up

October 31, 2022
Health Domain: COVID-19, Malaria ITN, Polio, STH (Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis), Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vitamin A Supplementation
Region/Country: Africa, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, North Korea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Syria, Uganda, Zimbabwe

A collection of health campaign stories captured and curated by Linksbridge SPC. Citing a “strained global supply” of OCV, the International Coordinating Group (ICG) announced on October 19 a temporary suspension of the standard two-dose regimen ...

Beyond Coverage: Measuring Vitamin A Supplementation Program Effectiveness in Mauritania and Sierra Leone

October 14, 2022
Cross Cutting Topic: Governance, Integration Models, Policy
Health Domain: Vitamin A Supplementation
Region/Country: Mauritania, Sierra Leone

Mauritania and Sierra Leone

Integrated campaigns: Implications for cost and policy

July 15, 2022
Source: Thinkwell
Cross Cutting Topic: Cost-Effectiveness, Integration Models, Monitoring and Evaluation, Service Delivery
Health Domain: Measles/Rubella, Polio, STH (Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis), Yellow Fever
Region/Country: India, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

October 2021: Ethiopia launches first nOPV2 campaign

October 31, 2021
Source: World Health Organization
Health Domain: Polio
Region/Country: Benin, Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda

August 2021 Partner News Round-up

August 31, 2021
Source: Africanews, AP News, BBC, Ghana Health Service, Graphic Online, Madagascar Ministry of Health, MSF, Reuters, The Voice, World Health Organization
Health Domain: NTDs, Polio, Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Region/Country: Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, India, Madagascar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone

A collection of health campaign stories captured and curated by Linksbridge SPC.

August 2021: Sierra Leone conducts subnational polio campaign

August 31, 2021
Source: World Health Organization
Health Domain: Polio
Region/Country: Sierra Leone

Cost and Efficiencies Related to Integrated Campaigns: Methods & Findings from Sierra Leone and Nigeria

August 5, 2021
Cross Cutting Topic: Cost-Effectiveness
Health Domain: Measles/Rubella, Meningitis, NTDs, Polio, Yellow Fever
Region/Country: Nigeria, Sierra Leone

View the findings from two costing studies around integrated campaigns. Early findings show efficiencies in major financial cost drivers such as per diem and transport cost and also highlight the importance of the existing health workforce in delivering integrated campaigns.

July 2021 Partner News Roundup

July 31, 2021
Health Domain: Cholera, COVID-19, Malaria, Measles/Rubella, NTDs, Polio
Region/Country: Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania

A collection of campaign stories captured and curated by Linksbridge SPC.

July 2021: Sierra Leone kicks off 2nd round of polio campaign

July 30, 2021
Health Domain: Polio
Region/Country: Sierra Leone

Coalition Hosts Fourth Test & Learn Event On Campaign Costing and Efficiencies

July 29, 2021
Cross Cutting Topic: Cost-Effectiveness, Financing
Health Domain: Measles/Rubella, Polio, STH (Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis), Vitamin A Supplementation, Yellow Fever
Region/Country: Nigeria, Sierra Leone

May 2021 Partner News Round-Up

May 31, 2021
Health Domain: COVID-19, Malaria, NTDs, Polio, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vitamin A Supplementation
Region/Country: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Tajikistan kicks off first round of nOPV2 supplemental vaccine campaign in response to ongoing polio outbreak. Zimbabwe runs national typhoid vaccine catch-up campaign. Learn the latest about other outbreak responses and local campaigns.

June 2020: Sierra Leone runs ITN distribution campaign

June 30, 2020
Source: UNICEF
Health Domain: Malaria ITN
Region/Country: Sierra Leone

June Partner News Round-Up

June 30, 2020
Cross Cutting Topic: Financing
Health Domain: COVID-19, Malaria ITN, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Vitamin A Supplementation
Region/Country: DRC, Guinea-Bissau, Malaysia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Syria, Uganda, Zambia

Top news about health campaigns from Uganda, Zambia, Malaysia, DRC and more. Learn the latest about countrywide campaigns, outbreak responses and local campaigns. This news round-up also includes a story on the economics of running campaigns during COVID-19.