On November 19, 2019, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green met in Washington, D.C., with The Honourable Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Ph.D., Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. Administrator Green and Vice President Jalloh spoke about Sierra Leone’s strong leadership in the health sector, particularly in preventing further outbreaks of Ebola. …

United States Mission Sierra Leone Public Affairs Office Press Release June 21, 2019 Freetown Contact: Emily Royse Green Tel: 099105000 Ministry of Health and Sanitation, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and WHO Conduct Full Scale Simulation Exercise “Operation Lion Mountain” The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), with support from the U.S. Centers …

United States Mission Sierra Leone Public Affairs Office Press Release May 28, 2019 Freetown Contact: Emily Royse Green Tel: 099105000 Minister of Education Visits United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Funded and CRS implemented McGovern Dole International Food for Education and Nutrition Project On May 21, 2019, Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Mr. …

United States Mission Sierra Leone  Public Affairs Office Press Release Freetown                                                                                                            May 9, 2019 Contact: Emily Royse Green Tel: 099105000 U.S. Embassy Representative opens CHAMPS Office and breaks ground for new laboratory in Makeni U.S. Embassy Representative Mr. Carlton Philadelphia opened a new CHAMPS (Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance) Office on the grounds …

Press Release Freetown May 10, 2019 Contact: Emily Royse Green Tel: 099105000 U.S. and RSLAF Re-commence Peacekeeping Support Training The first in a series of courses kicked off on Wednesday May 8 at the U.S. Peacekeeping Logistics Depot in Murraytown. This first course will be one month long and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed …

      U.S. Coast Guard Vessel “Thetis” Rescues Two Fishermen in the Gulf of Guinea  GULF OF GUINEA — The U.S. Coast Guard Vessel called the “Thetis” (WMEC-910) conducted a rescue-at-sea of two fishermen, who were presumed dead, approximately 40 miles south of Sierra Leone in the Gulf of Guinea, March 14, 2019. Watchstanders …

  United States Mission Sierra Leone Office of Security Cooperation Press Release Freetown                                                                                                                     March 6, 2019 Contact: Emily Royse Green Tel: 099 105 500 U.S. Ambassador Hands Over Personal Protective Equipment to the RSLAF On Thursday, 28 February 2019, the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Maria E. Brewer, handed over Personal Protective Equipment …

United States Mission Sierra Leone Office of Security Cooperation Press Release Freetown December 18, 2018 Contact: Emily Royse Green D Tel: 099 105 500 U.S. Ambassador Hands Over Mobile Health Service Caravan On Tuesday 18 December 2018, the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Maria E. Brewer, handed over a Mobile Health Service Caravan to the …

United States Mission Sierra Leone Public Affairs Office Press Release November 28, 2018 Freetown Contact: Emily Royse Green Tel: 099105000 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Launch Newest Phase of McGovern-Dole School Lunch Program in Sierra Leone On November 28, 2018, U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone Maria E. Brewer gave …

U.S. Embassy congratulates First Cohort of Intermediate Disease Detectives

CDC Supports Government to Launch National Ebola Database

United States Government Donates Specialty Medicines to Strengthen Health Services for Ebola Survivors

U.S. Ambassador Maria Brewer visited the Armed Forces Training Center

The U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Maria E Brewer, has commissioned a new Library and Skills Laboratory at the National School of Midwifery in Freetown. The donation is part of the Resilient and Responsive Health Systems (RRHS) initiative, a five year grant of $9.5M, which is made available through the Health Resources and Services Ad-ministration. …

The Global Director of Peace Corp Volunteers, Hon. Josephine Olsen has on Sunday, 05/13/2018 paid a day visit to the Peace Corp Country Team and volunteers in Sierra Leone. Speaking to staff at the head office in Freetown, Hon. Olsen thanked them for making their operation work like magic in Sierra Leone and encouraged them …

U.S. Ambassador Alexander Laskaris, the Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Engagement at United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), held high-level meetings in Freetown yesterday as part of a series of engagements across West Africa. At the pinnacle of the visit, Ambassador Laskaris, along with the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Maria Brewer, met with His Excellency the …

USAID Global Entrepreneurship Week Activities in Sierra Leone

Press Release Bunce Island

U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative Expands to Sierra Leone Press Release PMI Official Launch

The United States Embassy in Sierra Leone highlights lessons learned from Ebola Recovery in Conference

United States Mission Sierra Leone Public Affairs Office Press Release Freetown                                                                                                                  October 5, 2017 Contact: Emily Royse Green Tel: 099 105 500 ext. 5211 USAID Supports Landmark Achievement in Infection Prevention Control On October 5th 2017, the University of Sierra Leone College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, and Njala University graduated their first ever …