Saving tiny lives
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Meet baby Ansu and Charlie
This is baby Ansu, in her little hand-knitted beanie. She is only 5 days old.
Luckily, Ansu – who was born prematurely – was born at the Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone.
We say lucky because UNICEF renovated the neonatal intensive care unit at this hospital. We also provided all of the equipment and trained the midwives who work here. This means that babies like Ansu can have their best start to life.
Dr Kazi (pictured) is the paediatrician in charge of the new neonatal care unit. He is holding 10-day-old baby Charlie.
“Charlie couldn’t breathe by himself when he was born, but now he’s a lot better,” says Dr Kazi. “He has been in the intensive care unit since birth and was being given oxygen for five days.
We are hoping that in the next few days he can go home.”
Click on the left and right arrows at the bottom of the images to discover what goes on at this hospital in Sierra Leone.
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