Girls of #SierraLeone Part 5: Aminata Sheriff and her daughter are at a #healthcentre in #Freetown. Primary health care for children and pregnant women is now free, a critical first step in ensuring a better future for girls and women. Sierra Leone’s civil war ended over ten years ago, but progress, especially for girls and women, remains slow. High rates of maternal and child mortality, early marriage, limited access to education and sexual abuse all threaten girls’ health and wellbeing.

Sierra Leone, 2011: © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0721/Asselin

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