A 1-year-old baby with a history of tuberculosis (TB) was undergoing treatment through the Ministry of Health TB program when she became ill with a fever, cough, frequent stool, and lack of appetite. The baby’s symptoms did not stop despite treatment at home, so after 3 days, her mother decided to take her to an urban health […]
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In 2021, there were 104.7 deaths per 1,000 live births among children under the age of 5 in Sierra Leone (1). From the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) findings of 610 minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) cases reviewed from February 2019 to December 2022, the determination of cause of death (DeCoDe) expert panel […]
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