Community Health Workers across Sierra Leone are putting epilepsy training into action—raising awareness, challenging stigma, identifying possible cases and connecting families with care. Refresher trainings in Bombali, Bo and Pujehun are strengthening their skills while highlighting the impact CHWs are already having in their communities.
In Sierra Leone, a mother shouldn’t die from an infection because medicine isn’t available. Yet with maternal mortality rates nearly five times the global goal, that reality is all too common. A new shipment of 16,000 antibiotic treatments — delivered through a partnership between Healey International Relief Foundation and International Health Partners — is helping change that.
In Sierra Leone, epilepsy is often hidden behind stigma and silence, leaving thousands without treatment. Through new partnerships and hands-on training for health workers and community leaders, a growing movement is replacing myths with knowledge and fear with understanding—reshaping how epilepsy is recognized, treated, and supported district by district.
In January 2026, Healey International Relief Foundation and partners strengthened maternal and newborn care across Sierra Leone through hands-on training in early detection, lifesaving clinical skills, and respectful care—investing in midwives and frontline providers to protect mothers and babies when it matters most.
Explore Healey International Relief Foundation’s 2025 impact in Sierra Leone and our 2026 priorities advancing maternal health, NCD care, and health systems strengthening.
Partnerships are at the core of HIRF’s work in Sierra Leone. For over two decades we have worked with our in-country partners for sustainable change.
HIRF has been working closely with its partners to secure essential medicines and improve access to treatment for conditions like hypertension and diabetes.
Epilepsy can be managed but in Sierra Leone, thousands of men, women and children still face a life interrupted by seizures, stigma and lack of care. Though partnership with the Epilepsy Association of Sierra Leone, ROW Foundation and HIRF
HIRF has been working closely with its partners to secure essential medicines and improve access to treatment for conditions like hypertension and diabetes.
HIRF is committed to supporting women farmers in Sierra Leone. Read our April blog describing our latest efforts.