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While there have been notable improvements in antenatal care coverage in Sierra Leone, adequate antenatal care coverage is still below the WHO target of 78% in 2016, and significant inequalities persist.
Please read here: link.springer.com/article/10…
In our recent study, we examined the association between women’s empowerment and homebirth among childbearing women in Sierra Leone using the 2019 Sierra Leone Demographic Health Survey.
Congratulations the the team 🎉
Full article link below
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Progress towards polio eradication is a reminder of the power of vaccines and collective action.
Let's unite to celebrate this progress on #WorldPolioDay. Together we can achieve a healthier, polio-free world. 🙌
#Syphilis is a bacterial infection transmitted through sexual contact or from mother to child during pregnancy or postpartum.
If left untreated, it can lead to life-threatening problems.
Get tested today 👩🏿⚕️ afro.who.int/PutYourselfFirs…
🤰🏿 After six months of brutal conflict, #Sudan has become a dangerous place to be pregnant.
But #midwives are on a mission to ensure that pregnant women give birth safely.
See how @UNFPA—the @UN sexual and reproductive health agency—is helping them 👉🏿 unf.pa/spbfpa
ALT A photo of a midwife wearing a white thobe and carrying a large blue bag, with a UNFPA logo on it, over her shoulder. She stands facing and shaking hands with another woman in a black and yellow checkered thobe in a dark room lit by a single bulb and daylight entering from two windows. Behind the second woman is a bed and then various items stacked against the far wall.
ALT A photo of a doctor in a white medical coat sitting looking at an image on an ultrasound machine. In his right hand he holds the ultrasound probe on the pregnant belly of a woman who lies on a basic hospital bed.
ALT A photo of an incubator with clear plastic sides and top bathed in blue light. On the bed in the incubator lies a small newborn baby, its head turned away from the camera, with an umbilical chord clip and a bandaged tube running along the side of its face.
ALT A photo of a midwife in a cream coloured thobe looking down with a warm smile at the swaddled newborn baby she holds.
Even the nicest people have their limits. Don’t push them too far; don’t try to reach those limits. Once the boundary is crossed, they’ll never be the same person you used to know. If you can’t be kind, remain quiet. Don’t hurt people.
122 million girls are still out of school, which leaves them more exposed to violence, poverty and exploitation.
We need to ensure equal access to education to achieve a better future for all. More from @UNESCO on the #DayOfTheGirl: unesco.org/en/days/girl-chil…
Egypt has become the first country to achieve “gold tier” status on the path to elimination of hepatitis C, after diagnosing 87% of those living with the virus and providing curative treatment to 93% of them, the World Health Organization @WHO has reported
bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p235…