Sierra Leone: At a crossroads: Sierra Leone’s free health care policy

Index Number: AFR 51/001/2011
Date Published: 6 September 2011
Categories: Sierra Leone

Pregnant women and girls in Sierra Leone face continuing challenges in gaining access to maternal health care services. Despite important reforms initiated over the last two years, including a free health care policy covering pregnancy and childbirth, the health care system is dysfunctional and much remains to be done. In this report, Amnesty International examines how gaps in monitoring and accountability are undermining the success of the recent health care reforms, in particular free access to essential drugs in pregnancy and childbirth.