Spike in Pregnancies and Abuse in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone

Publisher:
Agence France-Presse
Publication Date:
18 November 2014
Tags:
Sierra Leone, Ebola, Human Rights, Pregnancy and Childbirth

In Ebola-hit Sierra Leone aid workers and health professionals worry that the epidemic is giving rise to a darker trend -- spiralling teenage pregnancies and violence against women.

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