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Isata spent 18 days under continuous supervision and care in the emergency department at Koidu Government Hospital before transitioning to the general ward to continue her recovery.
Early on in her pregnancy, 17-year-old Susan Lebbie sought medical care at Partners In Health (PIH)-supported Koidu Government Hospital.
After centuries of extraction by foreign powers, Sierra Leone remains resource-rich but cash-poor, with little to spend on its population’s health. This injustice takes an extreme, visceral form in Kono District, where West Africa’s largest diamond mine sits a short walk away from Koidu Government Hospital (KGH), the district’s only hospital.
Across Kono District, in the rural east of Sierra Leone, Partners In Health-supported health facilities are busier than ever. It’s not that patient needs are increasing—it’s that the quality of health care available is, thanks to PIH and the Ministry of Health & Sanitation’s partnership.
Every other Friday in Kono District, Sierra Leone, the quiet, serene campus of Wellbody Clinic’s birth waiting home erupts with noise. Women chat. Toddlers squeal. A wood fire crackles.
After a deadly fuel tanker explosion in Freetown on November 5, PIH rapidly responded, deploying staff and supplies to aid hundreds of burn victims and support a critical disaster response.
Partners In Health remembers Hassan Bunduka, who tragically died on November 7 from injuries sustained in the November 5 fuel tanker explosion and fire in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
The headaches began in July 2019—but up until then, 13-year-old Emma* Gbonbor was living a healthy, happy life at home in Kono District, Sierra Leone.
PIH’s adult education program in Sierra Leone, where only 43% of the population is literate, has helped hundreds of people go to school and access an education once out of reach.