Healthcare in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone ambulances

Healthcare in Sierra Leone is generally charged for[1] and is provided by a mixture of government, private and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). There are over 100 NGOs operating in the health care sector in Sierra Leone. The Ministry of Health and Sanitation is responsible for organizing health care and after the end of the civil war the ministry changed to a decentralized structure of health provision to try to increase its coverage.[2]

  1. ^ "Sierra Leone". The Kambia Appeal. Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  2. ^ "The Primary Health Care Hand Book Policing". Ministry of Health & Sanitation. 2007-05-25. Archived from the original (doc) on 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-01-24.