The Mansaray Foundation (TMF) has received over $1000 worth of medical supplies and equipment in a bid to support 5 clinics in the Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone as part of the Amazon Prime Day. The organisation reveals that the support will help healthcare workers improve maternal health care and positive outcomes for rural pregnant women in Sierra Leone.
The Mansaray Foundation (TMF), a USA 501 C-3 nonprofit organization working in rural Sierra Leone, is dedicated to creating safer births, reducing maternal mortality, and improving the quality of life of child-bearing-aged rural women in Sierra Leone
Saibatu Mansaray, founder of the Mansaray Foundation appealed for more support, She says every little dollar towards the organisation will go a long way. “Please visit our websitewww.mansarayfoundation.org to donate.” She added.
The maternal mortality rate in Sierra Leone is the highest in the world with 1,360 mothers dying in every 100,000 live births. The mortality rates of neonates, infants and children under five are also amongst the highest globally at 34, 82, and 111 deaths per 1,000 live births, respectively. These staggering figures represent the real and pervasive challenges women and children face in Sierra Leone with poor healthcare practices and sub-standard and ill-equipped health care facilities.
Maternal deaths account for 36 per cent of all deaths amongst women aged 15-49 years. The leading direct causes of maternal mortality in Sierra Leone are obstetric hemorrhage (46 per cent), hypertension (22 per cent), obstructed labor (21 per cent) and sepsis (11 per cent). Causes of neonatal deaths are prematurity (30 per cent), asphyxia (27 per cent), sepsis (23 per cent), pneumonia (7 per cent), congenital (7 per cent) and others (7 per cent). Newborn conditions (29 per cent), malaria (20 per cent), acute respiratory infection (ARI) (12 per cent) and diarrhoeal diseases (10 per cent) are responsible for more than 70 percent of the under-five deaths. Many of these deaths are preventable if managed timely by skilled health providers.
The Mansaray Foundation is dedicated to creating safer births, reducing maternal mortality, and improving the quality of life of child-bearing-aged rural women in Sierra Leone