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Freetown City Council in Health Coalition |
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Written by Bassie B Kanu
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 |
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Freetown like any other part of Sierra Leone is faced with challenges especially in the health sector.
Infant and Maternal mortality rates still remain contending issues in the city, observed Charles Mambu, Chairman of the Health for All Coalition. He spoke on Wednesday at a News Conference in Freetown. The Freetown City Council and the Health for All Coalition organised the news conference to brief journalists about their partnership; the ‘Freetown Health Promotion Campaign’. Mr. Mambu said the campaign was geared towards working with the Freetown City Council in carrying out its devolved function of the Primary Health Care service delivery.Mr. Mambu said the role of the Health for All Coalition would be to monitor drugs supplied to hospitals. Councilor Gibril Ibrahim Kanu, Deputy Mayor of Freetown said the council’s partnership with the Health for All Coalition would help to foster effective service delivery. The Freetown Health Promotion Campaign will be launched on Thursday.
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