Podcast: One of the deadliest places on Earth to have a baby
Friday, May 6, 2022Without a home to call her own, 17 years old and pregnant, Susan Lebbie walks through her neighborhood on a journey to Koidu Government Hospital for an ultrasound in Kono, Sierra Leone, on Oct. 8, 2021.
Today, we follow the story of Susan Lebbie. Lebbie is 17 and has just given birth to her son, Evan. Throughout her pregnancy, she was terrified of facing the same fate as her mother, who died while giving birth to Susan. Susan’s fears are not unfounded: One in 20 women in Sierra Leone die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth, most often from losing blood, according to the latest United Nations estimates. The West African country consistently ranks as one of the deadliest places on Earth to have a baby.To be pregnant in Sierra Leone is to be at the mercy of resource-strapped institutions and the global trends shaping them. Survival is too often up to luck.
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