New Vaccine Program Has Started!

We are thrilled to announce the new vaccine program that has started last week at Adama Martha Memorial Community Health Center! This program is in partnership with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health. In Sierra Leone, children under 5 years old receive free vaccines. Ministry Health Officers ride around on mopeds from village to village in order to deliver or even administer vaccines to these children. However, the reality is that more often then not the vaccines run out or are not kept at the proper temperature and so they go bad. At AMMCHC, we wanted to offer a solution to this problem for our young patients.

In order to make this program a success, we needed a solar powered refrigerator. A few months back we completed a fundraising campaign to gather funds for this much needed piece of equipment. Last month, it made it across the ocean to our health center and was installed with its very own solar panel for power. There is a picture below of the vaccine refrigerators solar panel sitting on top of the roof.

Umaru Conteh, also pictured below with the vaccine refrigerator, has agreed to lead this vaccine program. He is one of the faithful nursing aids that has been working with us over the past year. In order to qualify for this job, he underwent quite a few weeks of training by the District Health Medical Team. We are receiving all the vaccines free of charge through the District Health Medical Team!

We are excited to launch this much needed initiative!

Umaru, the vaccine program coordinator, with our solar powered refrigerator 

Vaccine Refrigerator Solar Panel