By Siaffa Bunduka | Supporter Engagement Manager
Asha has been a nurse at Kagbere health centre in northern Sierra Leone for five years. Health Poverty Action has been working together with healthcare workers and institutions in this community for over thirteen years.
Asha says, “The biggest problem we face is nutrition. Most children who come here are here with a feeding problem. Most times they have been given water and rice too young, or without a varied nutritional balance. Most of the parents who come here haven’t been taught what food to give their children.”
With support from Health Poverty Action, Asha can teach more parents about the importance of breastfeeding and the different nutritional foods they can give their children to help them grow.
Health Poverty Action's previous work focussing on maternal health in this region has proven to be effective, contributing to a decrease in the maternal mortality rate of approximately 41 percent over the course of three years.
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