Sierra Leone

• Central Public Health Reference Laboratory, Freetown. | Active | Human health
• Ola During Children's' Hospital, Freetown. | Active | Human health
• Connaught Hospital, Freetown. | Active | Human health
• Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown. | Active | Human health
• Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH), Freetown. | Active | Human health
• Rokupa Government Hospital, Freetown. | Active | Human health
• Makeni Regional Hospital, Makeni. | Active | Human health
• Central Veterinary Laboratory, Makeni. | Active | Veterinary

AMR Governance Structure

AMR National Multi-Sectoral Coordinating Group including the Ministry of Health and Sanitation; Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security; and Environmental Protection Agency.

AMR Action Plan

An AMR and AMU situation analysis was produced in May 2017, by an informal AMR National Multi-Sectoral Coordinating Group with focal points for human, environment and animal health. The intention was to provide baseline information on the status of AMR in Sierra Leone and identify gaps and challenges in curbing drug-resistance.

Antimicrobial resistance is included in the inter-agency five-year GHSA Road map for Sierra Leone (2016) for human and animal health sectors. The National Infection Prevention and Control Action Plan (2016 – 2019) states its intention to establish a HAI/AMR surveillance system in all hospitals in collaboration with laboratory and surveillance programmes by the end of January 2019.

There is an MoU between the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency to implement One Health in the country. The aim of the MoU is to respond jointly to public health threats using a One Health Approach, especially through health promotion, early detection, timely response, and post-outbreak management.