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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.
Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital, the oldest in sub-Saharan Africa, celebrated major renovations. Once lacking essentials, it now provides dignified mental health care, thanks to PIH’s partnership.
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, patients aren’t just at risk of contracting its resulting illness, COVID-19.
PIH launched mental health care at Koidu Government Hospital in 2019, training CHWs and counselors to provide therapy and medication, reducing stigma, and supporting patients in Kono, Sierra Leone.
In mid-March, when Dr. Chiyembekezo Kachimanga stood in front of a hushed crowd of Partners In Health (PIH) staff members and began talking about COVID-19, the disease had not yet made its way to Sierra Leone—but he knew it soon would, and time was short.
This month’s rollout of an electronic medical records system at a Partners In Health clinic in Sierra Leone already is having transformative impacts for patients, staff, and care.
Partners In Health strives to address these inequalities by working with midwives—often expectant mothers’ most trusted companions—to expand access to women’s health services in the countries where we work.
This time two years ago, Margaret had never heard of choriocarcinoma—cancer of the cervix and uterus. So when clinicians at Koidu Government Hospital (KGH), the Partners In Health-supported facility in Kono, Sierra Leone, diagnosed her with it in July 2018, she remembers feeling a wave of fearful confusion.
In August 2018, 17-year-old Isata Biango welcomed her triplets, Sarah, Caleb, and Isaiah Biango , into the world at PIH-supported Wellbody Clinic in Kono, Sierra Leone.