UK supports emergency plan to secure free healthcare for pregnant and lactating women and children under 5 in Sierra Leone

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Department: Department for International Development

Published: 2009-11-19 13:48:35

All Pregnant and lactating women and children under five in Sierra Leone will have access to free life-saving healthcare within a year, thanks to a new emergency health programme that will receive a £34 million boost from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).

This government news item was published on the Department for International Development website on the 19 November 2009.

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