News & Stories
The MCOE opened its doors to the very first patients for inpatient maternal and neonatal care. The day marked a profound transition following years of planning, collaboration, and construction with the delivery of lifesaving care for women and newborns.
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.