Saving Lives in Sierra Leone, Phase II

The programme’s purpose is to achieve a sustainable step change in health outcomes for under-fives, adolescents, pregnant women and mothers. It will contribute towards the Government of Sierra Leone’s (GOSL) targets; (1) A 25% reduction in neonatal and child mortality over the next five years by saving the lives of more than 22,000 children by 2021; (2) A 25% reduction in maternal mortality over the next five years by saving the lives of more than 2,000 women who would otherwise die due to pregnancy and childbirth related causes by 2021; (3) Increase the use of quality RMNCAH services to reduce maternal and child mortality/morbidity and teenage pregnancies; (4) Increase the use of contraception especially among adolescent girls by enabling more than 134,000 women and girls to use family planning; (5) Reduce the prevalence and improve the management of childhood illnesses through the provision of free quality primary health care services; and (6) Strengthen key health systems to underpin and sustain these health