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Third on the list of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals is, Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages. Health matters, and in vulnerable communities, good health is a form... Learn more
Last updated February 13, 2020
Sierra Leone is one of the worst places for pregnant women, where 1,360 mothers die per 100,000 live births. According to the latest estimates from 2015, 1 in 17 mothers in Sierra Leone have a lifetime risk of death... Learn more
Last updated February 13, 2020
While the lives of women in Sierra Leone have improved in many areas, the pace has been slow. According to the Sierra Leone 2015 Population and Housing Census, 28 of women are the sole or main income producer and decision-maker... Learn more
Last updated February 13, 2020
One of the challenges in addressing systemic poverty and inequality is the limitation of not being able to be everywhere. Radio, however, enables community-led outreach and programming to extend right into... Learn more
Last updated February 13, 2020
Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal and child morbidity and mortality in the world. The majority of children suffer from preventable childhood diseases like malaria, respiratory infections diarrhea,... Learn more
Last updated December 11, 2018
St. Anthony's Clinic has a catchment population of over 26,000 in the Brookfields area of Freetown. One of the clinic missions is to seek to improve the health status of the poor people in the Brookfields community... Learn more
Last updated December 11, 2018
Despite reductions over the past two decades, childhood mortality remains high, particularly in low income settings. The basic question of why are our children dying at such a high rate? echoes throughout Sierra... Learn more
Last updated February 13, 2020
The Monsignor Daniel Sullivan Clinic in the Rural Western District in Sierra Leone provides primary health care services to a catchment area of over 16,500 and sees nearly 650 patients per month. Located in a community... Learn more
Last updated December 11, 2018
HealeyIRF's St. Mary's-Fatima Interim Child Care Project provides food, clothing, housing, medical treatment as well as psychosocial support to 27 orphans in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.... Learn more
Last updated December 11, 2018
Village Partnership supports individuals in identifying their most pressing needs, and trains communities to make sound decisions and take action towards change. Far removed from the technology, commerce,... Learn more
Last updated February 13, 2020
