Inequalities in total fertility rate in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019 by Augustus Osborne, Umaru Sesay, Mohamed S. Bah, Camilla Bangura, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

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Provincial distribution and predictors of desire for more children among married and cohabiting women in Sierra Leone by Augustus Osborne

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COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone: an application of Health Belief Model constructs by Simon Ssentongo, Alex Muhereza, Morie Mustapha, Ruth Gemi, Dennis Cherian, Rebecca Waugh, Benjamin Crookston, Cougar Hall, Mary Linehan, Hayden Borg, Joshua West

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Determinants of poor access to health care among women of reproductive age in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study by Augustus Osborne, Peter Bai James, Camilla Bangura

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Book review: Chris Coulter. Bush Wives and Girl Soldiers: Womens Lives through War and Peace in Sierra Leone . by Toomas Gross

“…Bush Wives and Girl Soldiers: Womens Lives through War and Peace in Sierra Leone. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009. …”
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Reflections on the relevance of updated, standardised, and reliable data on sexual and gender-based violence for research and policymaking for eradication, response, and prevention in Sierra Leone by Zinnya del Villar, Anna Spinardi, Ivette Yáñez, Alina Sotolongo, Ana Deborah Lana, Berenice Fernandez Nieto, Yara Antoniassi, Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva, Emmanuel Letouzé

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Experiences of gender-based violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa: identifying evidence for intervention and public health priorities by Lucky Norah Katende-Kyenda, Judith I. Ani

“…Women in Comoros had the lowest reported prevalence (10.76%), while Sierra Leone women had the highest (60.27%), followed by Uganda (56.92%). …”
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Improving quality of surgical and anaesthesia care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of hospital-based quality improvement interventions by Justine Davies, Nataliya Brima, Imran O Morhason-Bello, Andy JM Leather, Vandy Charles

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MIGRATION IN WEST AFRICA: AN ANALYSIS OF PULL AND PUSH FACTORS by OLUWAGBENGA EMMANUEL ADEBAYO, MARY MOMSISURI BOTESO

“…The work is original because unlike most studies that were country-specific, this study made use of panel data collected on four African countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra-Leone and Senegal). The study also employed the fixed effects model with cluster robust standard errors. …”
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EBOLA AND COVID-19 EPIDEMICS: A DISCOURSE ON NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY RESPONSES by BARILEDUM KIA, CALISTUS N DUMLE

“…These include setting up of screening and monitoring Centre at the nation’s Airports, facilitated the setting up of a regional solidarity fund, in which countries made contributions, initiated actions that adjudged Ebola epidemic as not only national and regional but also international emergency, donated huge sum to worst affected states like Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. For COVID -19, In the case of Covid-19, Nigeria collaborated with major powers.  …”
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