Learn how one woman's commitment to her community & USAID support is changing lives

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Mother and newborn in a health post in Sierra Leone

Despite challenges to building and maintaining the clinic, and fears from the community about seeking care after Ebola outbreaks in 2014 and 2015, Nurse-midwife, Rebecca Swaray, was determined to create a safe space where new and expectant mothers could seek care.

Using her own personal funds, Rebecca oversaw the construction of a health clinic in her community during the rainy season of 2017. The clinic, which serves a community of over 10,000 individuals, started with only one delivery bed that was difficult to clean and disinfect between deliveries.

Now, after receiving USAID support, the clinic now has an additional delivery bed, and has been able to make significant structural, hygiene, and infection prevention improvements. Thanks to USAID support and leadership from within the community, the clinic serves, on average, 300 patients per month, half of which are children under the age of five. Read the story of one of these patients, Fatima and her newborn son.

Learn more about USAID's maternal and child survival programs and partnerships.

Take a deeper dive into our Technical Roadmap to 2030.

Through our partnerships and programs, USAID helps ensure that all mothers, newborns, and children have a chance of a healthy life, regardless of where they are born. USAID’s Office Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition within the Bureau for Global Health plays a leading role in supporting the Agency’s commitment of preventing maternal and child deaths: investing in affordable, high-quality interventions that save lives and allow women, children, and families to thrive.

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