In Sierra Leone, a mother shouldn’t die from an infection because medicine isn’t available. Yet with maternal mortality rates nearly five times the global goal, that reality is all too common. A new shipment of 16,000 antibiotic treatments — delivered through a partnership between Healey International Relief Foundation and International Health Partners — is helping change that.
Women across Sierra Leone are driving change—from clinics to farms to community leadership. This International Women’s Day, Healey International Relief Foundation highlights partnerships strengthening maternal health, supporting women farmers, and empowering women-led organizations so women and girls can live healthier, safer, and more hopeful lives.
In Sierra Leone, epilepsy is often hidden behind stigma and silence, leaving thousands without treatment. Through new partnerships and hands-on training for health workers and community leaders, a growing movement is replacing myths with knowledge and fear with understanding—reshaping how epilepsy is recognized, treated, and supported district by district.
In late 2022 Healey International Relief Foundation (HealeyIRF) was awarded a U.S. Agency for International
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