Tag: maternal health
#MothersDay Reminder: More women die in Sierra Leone while giving birth than anywhere else in ...
Mother’s Day in Sierra Leone should be a day of reflection and not celebration because too many of our women die trying to give life. For every 100,000 births each year 1,360 ...Sierra Leone: VSO reports 30 percent increase in maternal deaths due to ebola fears
In the past year pregnant women afraid of contracting ebola stayed away from clinics and health centers in Sierra Leone, causing an increase in stillbirths and maternal deaths according to this report ...Sierra Leone: 200 maternal deaths a month even as CARMMA initiative turns 5
At a ceremony to mark the fifth year since the launch of the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality (CARMMA) at the Makeni Government Hospital, First Lady Sia Koroma has asked ...In Sierra Leone ‘Mamaye’ maternal health campaign goes online
Mamaye! a maternal health advocacy project in Sierra Leone funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) is using social media and the web to raise awareness about the right of ...Sierra Leone maternal deaths halved but cases go unreported in North due to bad roads
Despite the Sierra Leone government’s efforts under its Free Healthcare Initiative, mothers in the rural parts of Koinadugu district have limited access to the facilities that have halved the nation’s maternal mortality rates ...
