Sierra Leone’s safe motherhood bill: balancing public health, religious values, and cultural traditions

Augustus Osborne, Umaru Sesay, Regina Mamidy Yillah, Camilla Bangura, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

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DOI: 10.1186/s12978-025-02051-9
Published: 2025-07-08
Container: Reproductive Health
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12978-025-02051-9,
  title = {Sierra Leone’s safe motherhood bill: balancing public health, religious values, and cultural traditions},
  author = {Augustus Osborne and Umaru Sesay and Regina Mamidy Yillah and Camilla Bangura and Bright Opoku Ahinkorah},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Reproductive Health},
  doi = {10.1186/s12978-025-02051-9},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-025-02051-9}
}

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TI  - Sierra Leone’s safe motherhood bill: balancing public health, religious values, and cultural traditions
AU  - Augustus Osborne
AU  - Umaru Sesay
AU  - Regina Mamidy Yillah
AU  - Camilla Bangura
AU  - Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
PY  - 2025
JO  - Reproductive Health
DO  - 10.1186/s12978-025-02051-9
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Osborne, A., Sesay, U., Yillah, R. M., Bangura, C., & Ahinkorah, B. O. (2025). Sierra Leone’s safe motherhood bill: balancing public health, religious values, and cultural traditions. Reproductive Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-025-02051-9

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