UNFPA Sierra Leone
Despite recent civil conflict, Sierra Leone has significantly reduced its maternal mortality rate. Teenage pregnancy continues to be an issue, however, accounting for a high portion of maternal deaths. Active in the country since 1971, UNFPA supports ongoing improvements in sexual and reproductive health services, through midwifery programmes, better emergency obstetric and newborn care, and the effective management of reproductive health commodities. It helps services respond to gender-based violence and reach marginalized adolescents and youth, and also assists in developing national capacities to collect and analyse demographic data.
Data overview
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Población
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Population aged 0-14
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Population aged 15-64
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Population aged 65+
Salud materna y neonatal
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Partos atendidos por personal de salud cualificado
Salud sexual y reproductiva
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Tasa de prevalencia del uso de anticonceptivos, cualquier método
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Demanda no satisfecha
Educación
Fecundidad
Total fertility rate, per woman, 2021
Esperanza de vida
Life expectancy at birth (years), 2021
Prácticas nocivas
Child marriage by age 18, per cent, 2005-2019
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Child marriage by age 18
Demographic Dividend: Sierra Leone
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Key results of Sierra Leone in 2018
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Sexual and reproductive health in emergency preparedness plans
Sexual and reproductive health was integrated into emergency preparedness plans
Logistics management information system
A logistics management information system was used for forecasting and monitoring sexual and reproductive health commodities
Out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education
A national mechanism or strategy was in place to deliver out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education in accordance with international standards
Men and boys
A national mechanism was in place to engage men and boys in national policies and programmes
Data on gender-based violence
National systems were in place to collect and disseminate data on the incidence of gender-based violence
National plans against harmful practices
A costed national action plan to address harmful practices was developed
Fistula treatment
480 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA
Life skills programmes for girls
14840 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes
Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms
120 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls
Child, early and forced marriage
8532 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage
Community declarations on harmful practices
232 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Sexual and reproductive health in emergency preparedness plans
Sexual and reproductive health was integrated into emergency preparedness plansLogistics management information system
A logistics management information system was used for forecasting and monitoring sexual and reproductive health commoditiesOut-of-school comprehensive sexuality education
A national mechanism or strategy was in place to deliver out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education in accordance with international standardsMen and boys
A national mechanism was in place to engage men and boys in national policies and programmesData on gender-based violence
National systems were in place to collect and disseminate data on the incidence of gender-based violenceNational plans against harmful practices
A costed national action plan to address harmful practices was developedFistula treatment
480 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA
Life skills programmes for girls
14840 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes
Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms
120 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls
Child, early and forced marriage
8532 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage
Community declarations on harmful practices
232 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Expenditure
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Dashboards available for Sierra Leone
Noticias
News
PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone – Fatmata Sesay was 15 years old when she became pregnant.
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – “When I became pregnant in December 2016, I never attended a health clinic
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