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A guiding hand: School counsellors in Sierra Leone address early pregnancy, child marriage
PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone – Fatmata Sesay was 15 years old when she became pregnant. Her parents…
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Fistula camp helps women and girls in Sierra Leone regain their dignity
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – “When I became pregnant in December 2016, I never attended a health clinic…
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Escaping child marriage in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone/Johannesburg, South Africa – "According to our tradition, a girl should get…
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Flooding, mudslides leave communities devastated, pregnant women in need
Regent, SIERRA LEONE – “I saw the rocks from the hill fly up into the air,” Martha Kamara, 28, told…
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To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning
PUJEHUN/BUEDU, Sierra Leone – When Aminata Kabba became pregnant last year, at 15 years old, she…
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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – The horrific Ebola outbreak in West Africa came to an end one year ago.…
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Sierra Leone's contact tracers work to curtail Ebola outbreak
KAILAHUN/NEW YORK – As Ebola infections continue to escalate at an alarming rate in…
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Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - In May, Sierra Leone detected its first-ever case of Ebola, the deadly and…
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Fresh out of Conflict, Sierra Leoneans Face New War with Micro-sized, Formidable Foe: the HIV Virus
Officially at peace since January 2002, the West African country of Sierra Leone is struggling to…
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War-Affected Women in Freetown Get Help
On the outskirts of Freetown, up a red clay road gashed by hard rain, sits a makeshift shelter some…
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