
Austin Demby
@dembyaustin
Minister of Health for the Government of Sierra Leone. Universal Health Coverage viewed through Life Stages.
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http://mohs.gov.sl 22-06-2018 15:45:43
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Exciting times for healthcare in #SierraLeone as #MoH Austin Demby, in collaboration with Columbia University in the US, seek to install CT Scan & high end U Scan devices in public hospitals. The university is committed to the process via training, reporting and joint research.


When installed, these high-end devices will truly revolutionize healthcare in #SierraLeone. Austin Demby is determined to end overseas expenditures on medical examinations by ensuring that hospitals have the capabilities to conduct medical scans that provide accurate diagnosis.


Gavi commends and thanks Sierra Leone, under the leadership of President Julius Maada Bio and Minister Austin Demby, for being such strong champions of immunisation nationally and across Africa: bit.ly/3GGHHOm #AfricanVaccinationWeek #HumanlyPossible

Happening now! frank exchanges between the media, health workers & Austin Demby at a press conference organized by #NPHA to provide critical updates & #MoH’s plans to fight against the ongoing #Mpox virus. As cases continue to rise, MoH is working tirelessly to end transmission.


Today #MoH’s Austin Demby addressed the House of Parliament to outline the nation’s response mechanism to eliminating Mpox. He reassured Parliament of the health system’s capability, drawing on experience from past outbreaks like Ebola & COVID-19. Sierra Leone Parliament National Public Health Agency


The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here as #MoH Austin Demby & health development partners have begun the much anticipated #NationalHealthSummit2025. Over the next 3 days, the spotlight will zoom in on critical health related issues, including how to end #Mpox.



At the Health Summit, our OiC Sibeso Mululuma moderated a high-level panel on institutionalizing the Life Stages Approach—a people-centered shift from disease-centered to tailored care across life stages. Perspectives came from policymakers, healthcare providers & partners like World Health Organization (WHO).




Happening now!! Our Senior Permanent Secretary and our DCMO Clinical, hosted by the Africa Young Voices TV to discuss the outcomes of this year’s national health summit. It’s an opportunity for #MoH Austin Demby to clarify the misunderstanding around holding a summit at this time


At a side event jointly hosted by #WHO & the Buffett Foundation, Austin Demby excites #WorldHealthAssembly with #SierraLeone’s ‘life stages model,’ an innovative approach to healthcare that caters for all ages. He calls for sustainable & innovative healthcare financing for all.


#SierraLeone’s Austin Demby strengthens collaboration with the Global Fund to advance Mpox response and national medical warehouse project at a high-level meeting with the The Global Fund on the margins of the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.


Health Minister Austin Demby, holds very successful engagement with #WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on how to improve collaboration to address the surging M-pox situation in #SierraLeone with specific focus on securing more vaccines to interrupt the chain of transmission.


Congratulations, my brother Prof. Mohamed Janabi, on your appointment as WHO African Region Regional Director by the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board. I look forward to working with you to advance #HealthForAll across the African Region.


The supplies include essential PPEs, lab testing materials, IPC tools, & critical items to support surveillance, case management, & the protection of frontline health workers, as well as strengthen HIV & EPI interventions. Grateful to The Global Fund & Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance for the generous support


WHO Sierra Leone Charles Senessie Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance MoH WHO African Region National Public Health Agency The Global Fund Africa CDC Thanks for meeting at WHA last week Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Chikwe Ihekweazu WHO Sierra Leone & fulfilling a commitment made in spite of the difficult fiscal headwinds in the global health space. Together we will continue to fight this scourge and support NPHA to be the vanguard for Prep and Response

Vaccines are like an invisible shield, quietly preventing pain, disability and loss. Here, Dr Austin Demby shares how polio shaped his childhood in Sierra Leone, and how vaccines have transformed that reality. But to protect 500 million more children by 2030 we need continued

