By Kemo Cham Mary is one of the lucky generation of Sierra Leonean teenage girls. Despite being pregnant, she had the opportunity to attend school like a normal girl. Two years ago, Mary’s story would have been different, due to a ban on girls with visible pregnancies. Imposed in 2010, that ban was part of a policy the government said was meant to discourage pregnant girls
January 11, 2021
High table of the workshop
Statistics Sierra Leone’s 2019 Demographic Health Survey (DHS) indicates that infant and under-5 mortality levels have consistently decreased from 92 to 75 and from 156 to 122 deaths per 1,000 live births respectively.
The above was disclosed in a workshop held with journalists at the Statistic Sierra Leone Headquarters,A.J Momoh Street, in a bid to popularizing the 2019 Demographic Health Survey.
Director of Demographic Health and Social Statistics Division, Sonnia Magba Bu- Buakai Jabbie, said basic vaccination coverage has increased since 2008 when 40% of children had received all the basic vaccination,thus adding that it has decreased from 68% in 2013 to the current level of 56%.