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Maternal Health is an orphan prevention strategy
Category: Sierra Leone
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From a full day’s work to an hour’s labor.
In Fengehun Village, traditional palm oil processing was a day-long, labor-intensive task. With new processing machinery, the community has boosted production from 3 bottles per day to 10 bottles per hour.
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World Malaria Day & 50th Anniversary of WHO EPI program
This International Immunization Week and today’s World Malaria Day carries a special weight for Sierra Leone. As the world celebrates the power of vaccines to save lives, Sierra Leone takes a momentous step forward with the rollout of the malaria vaccine. This groundbreaking development holds immense promise for a country where malaria remains the number one killer…
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Malaria Vaccine!
Malaria Vaccination: Mercy Hospital's 20 year collaboration agreement with the co-located, independent Mercy Research Lab has been proven to be a boon to Mercy and the children of Sierra Leone, as their research contributed to the efforts to bring a vaccination to prevent malaria infections.
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CRC students compete in UMC Njagboima school annual track and field games
3/31/2017 Nearly 100 of the students enrolled in our programs, including most of the residential students, attend UMC Njagboima, a big school that includes primary through senior secondary grades. This past week, the entire school has been competing in the annual track and field competition, including 100 meter and 200 meter dash, high jump, and…
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Mercy Hospital provides child nutritional care to Manguama village
Part of Mercy’s Village Outreach Program 2/27/2017 Members of the Mercy Hospital staff routinely visit a circuit of villages surrounding Bo to conduct clinics, including child nutrition, prenatal care and postnatal care. These photos are from an outreach to Manguama village, where the staff saw hundreds of mothers and their babies who are enrolled in…
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CRC launches quiz competition
2/17/2017 The Child Rescue Centre has just launched bi-monthly, school notes quizzes on the first and last Friday of each month. Students are quizzed on their school notes by CRC staff members to ensure that they are reading and retaining their notes on a regular basis. They review their notes every day after school to…