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A room full of pregnant women wait to be assessed by hospital staff and trainees in the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown.
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![Outside the admissions area at the free maternity clinic, an elderly woman makes some money by selling used medicine vials for the pregnant women to provide a urine sample. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "Outside the admissions area at the free maternity clinic, an elderly woman makes some money by selling used medicine vials for the pregnant women to provide a urine sample. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
Outside the admissions area at the free maternity clinic, an elderly woman makes some money by selling used medicine vials for the pregnant women to provide a urine sample.
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![Ruby Williams, the hospital's Matron, checks with a new mother who's trying to help her child nurse from her breast. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "Ruby Williams, the hospital's Matron, checks with a new mother who's trying to help her child nurse from her breast. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
Ruby Williams, the hospital's Matron, checks with a new mother who's trying to help her child nurse from her breast.
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![A new mother nurses her child with the sounds of the bustling city just outside her hospital window. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "A new mother nurses her child with the sounds of the bustling city just outside her hospital window. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
A new mother nurses her child with the sounds of the bustling city just outside her hospital window.
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![Hospital workers stand aside as the matron of the hospital, Ruby Williams, does her rounds. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "Hospital workers stand aside as the matron of the hospital, Ruby Williams, does her rounds. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
Hospital workers stand aside as the matron of the hospital, Ruby Williams, does her rounds.
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![A nurse checks on a patient in a ward of pregnant women who were having difficulty before giving birth. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "A nurse checks on a patient in a ward of pregnant women who were having difficulty before giving birth. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
A nurse checks on a patient in a ward of pregnant women who were having difficulty before giving birth.
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![A nurse-in-training checks the vitals of a new mother in a ward of pregnant women who were having difficulty before giving birth. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "A nurse-in-training checks the vitals of a new mother in a ward of pregnant women who were having difficulty before giving birth. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
A nurse-in-training checks the vitals of a new mother in a ward of pregnant women who were having difficulty before giving birth.
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![Santo Sesay, 20, grips the wall behind her during her labour pains. Delivering her child is midwife Elizabeth Bangali who says she's delivered thousands of babies in her 27-year career. Sesay gave birth to a healthy 2.58 kg baby boy. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "Santo Sesay, 20, grips the wall behind her during her labour pains. Delivering her child is midwife Elizabeth Bangali who says she's delivered thousands of babies in her 27-year career. Sesay gave birth to a healthy 2.58 kg baby boy. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
Santo Sesay, 20, grips the wall behind her during her labour pains. Delivering her child is midwife Elizabeth Bangali who says she's delivered thousands of babies in her 27-year career. Sesay gave birth to a healthy 2.58 kg baby boy.
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![Staff and trainees wait patiently during the labour of Santo Sesay, 20. Delivering her child is midwife Elizabeth Bangali, in green, and a group of students. Sesay gave birth to a healthy 2.58 kg baby boy. (Peter Power/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "Staff and trainees wait patiently during the labour of Santo Sesay, 20. Delivering her child is midwife Elizabeth Bangali, in green, and a group of students. Sesay gave birth to a healthy 2.58 kg baby boy. (Peter Power/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
Staff and trainees wait patiently during the labour of Santo Sesay, 20. Delivering her child is midwife Elizabeth Bangali, in green, and a group of students. Sesay gave birth to a healthy 2.58 kg baby boy.
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![Staff and trainees wait patiently during the labour of Santo Sesay, 20. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "Staff and trainees wait patiently during the labour of Santo Sesay, 20. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
Staff and trainees wait patiently during the labour of Santo Sesay, 20.
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![The matron of the hospital, Ruby Williams, checks on a newborn 2.58 kg boy. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "The matron of the hospital, Ruby Williams, checks on a newborn 2.58 kg boy. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
The matron of the hospital, Ruby Williams, checks on a newborn 2.58 kg boy.
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![A newborn baby is washed by a nurse-in-training. The hospital is trying to keep up with the increased numbers of pregnant mothers who are coming for the free healthcare service by training nurses, midwives and doctors. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)]( "A newborn baby is washed by a nurse-in-training. The hospital is trying to keep up with the increased numbers of pregnant mothers who are coming for the free healthcare service by training nurses, midwives and doctors. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)")
A newborn baby is washed by a nurse-in-training. The hospital is trying to keep up with the increased numbers of pregnant mothers who are coming for the free healthcare service by training nurses, midwives and doctors.
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