MATERNAL HEALTHCARE NURSE STRUGGLES IN SIERRA LEONE
July 1st, 2010
BY LEAH GERMAIN
IT'S shortly after 8.30 pm and Adama Alpha is tending to a newborn baby girl at the Gondama Women's Clinic, in Bo province, southern Sierra Leone. The infant, just two hours old, is quietly resting on a changing table, while Ms Alpha wraps her in a bright yellow nursing blanket. Even though her night shift started just half-an-hour ago, Ms Alpha already has a full roster of patients, including three newborn babies and a young mother with severe bleeding.
A 20-minute drive a Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital, the MSF-supported Gondama ...
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