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Why PIHer Armah Quist started a feminist org for young girls, women in Sierra Leone
Posted on Dec 22, 2020 Armah Quist, an MDR-TB program officer for PIH in Sierra Leone, was inspired by her personal experience of teen pregnancy to advocate for the rights of young girls and women in Sierra Leone.
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Armah Quist, 30, is a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis program officer at Partners In Health-supported Lakka Government Hospital, Sierra Leone’s only dedicated tuberculosis hospital and the country’s first facility to provide care for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
, located on the border of capital city Freetown. Like many PIHers, she pours 110% into her work, but she also dedicates time toward personal causes. In 2017, she founded the Young Woman Transformative Leadership Program, a feminist organization for young girls and women in Freetown.