Maternal mortality Archive

  • Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone

    Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone

    Thousands of women and girls die every year in Sierra Leone as a result of treatable complications of pregnancy and childbirth. According to Amnesty International these deaths are not natural or inevitable, but preventable and unacceptable. This is not just a health emergency; it is...

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  • Human Rights Council and maternal mortality in Sierra Leone

    Human Rights Council and maternal mortality in Sierra Leone

    On 22 of September 2009 the Human Rights Council concluded its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, and started its general debate on human rights situations that require...

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