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Sierra Leonean midwife

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Margaret Titty Mannah-Macarthy is a Sierra Leonean midwife. She was, according to the UNFPA, one of the driving factors behind the professionalization of midwifery in Sierra Leone.

Life

Margaret Mannah Macarthy has worked as a midwife in Sierra Leone throughout her career, including under the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Mannah-Macarthy pushed for the establishment of two training schools for midwives, and was an important factor behind a sevenfold increase in graduation rates for midwives in the country between 2010 – when the number was fewer than 100 – and 2018. In this regard, UNFPA has seen her as an instrumental factor for scaling up the midwife profession in Sierra Leone.

She has also worked as a midwife adviser for UNFPA, being employed by the UNFPA Sierra Leone office.

References

  1. Luchsinger, Gretchen; Jensen, Janet; Jensen, Lois; Ottolini, Cristina (2019). Icons & Activists. 50 years of people making change (PDF). New York: UNFPA. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-89714-044-7.
  2. "Ebola Lessons Spur on Sierra Leone's Fight Against Maternal Deaths". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. "uaps2015". uaps2015.princeton.edu. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. "Ebola casts a shadow over maternal health in Sierra Leone | Misha Hussein". the Guardian. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. "Icons & Activists: 50 years of people making change". UNFPA Sierra Leone. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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