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Global: Free care for expectant mothers - is it enough?
[IRINNews: 2010-03-02]
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DAKAR, 2 March 2010 (IRIN) - The government of Sierra Leone has announced that from Independence Day (27 April) it will abolish user fees for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five, but will this, on its own, improve their lot? IRIN looks at Sierra Leone for the third part of its series on maternal and child health. Sierra Leone has the world"s highest maternal mortality rate - 1,800 women die per . . . |
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