International Mutual Aid

Sierra Leone -
One of the World's Poorest Nations -
Is in Urgent Need of Healthcare and Development Assistance.

Coming on the heels of a brutal 10-year civil war and the world's worst Ebola crisis, Sierra Leone now suffers from one of the world's worst maternal and childhood mortality rates. The leading cause of death for all age groups is malaria.

With Your Help, International Mutual Aid Can Make a Difference

Sierra Leone's Health Status at a Glance:

Maternal Mortality Rate:
760 / 100,000 live births - 3rd Highest in the World
Lifetime Odds of Dying during Childbirth
1 in 20
Under-Five Mortality Rate
1 in 10 - One of the Highest in the World
Life Expectancy
60 years - Among the Lowest in the World
Human Development Index
0.305 - 6th Lowest in the World
Doctors per 100,000 people
 3 (versus 591 / 100,000 in Cuba)
Leading Cause of Death across all age groups
Malaria

- Data from UNICEF / WHO / World Bank / Lancet

OUR MISSION

International Mutual Aid was founded by a US/Sierra Leonean team of medical providers.
Our ongoing mission is to deliver essential medical treatment, in response to the raw realities of rural Sierra Leone, where other medical professionals rarely go.

MOST COMMON MEDICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN OUR RURAL WEST AFRICAN SETTING

Village of Gbamandu, Soa Chiefdom, Sierra Leone

International Mutual Aid's supported clinic in remote Eastern Sierra Leone.

Providing basic healthcare such as wound care, where care access does not normally exist.

IMA's new Women's Health Center and Clinic Staff Quarters under construction, early 2022

First two babies born in the Women's Health Center, October 2022

IMA's 2014-2015 Ebola Crisis response. Ebola surveillance, case investigation, contact tracing, mobile medical support of quarantined populations in our catchment area, and immediate initiation of field treatment for suspected EVD cases.

Nurse Elizabeth with a purchase of baby formula. Elizabeth, and Sierra Leonean providers like her, provided care to hundreds of thousands of people during Ebola, often while not receiving any wages.

Residents of Gbamandu, Kono, Sierra Leone

IMA's team of local and international clinicians and logisticians in Gbamandu

2024

​Sierra Leone -One of the World's Poorest Nations -Is in Urgent Need of Healthcare and Development Assistance.

Coming on the heels of a brutal 10-year civil war and the world's worst Ebola crisis, Sierra Leone now suffers from one of the world's worst maternal and childhood mortality rates. The leading cause of death for all age groups is malaria.​

With Your Help, International Mutual Aid Can Make a Difference

IMA's new Women's Health Center and Clinic Staff Quarters under construction, early 2022

First two babies born in the Women's Health Center, October 2022

Sierra Leone -
One of the World's Poorest Nations -
Is in Urgent Need of Healthcare and Development Assistance.

Coming on the heels of a brutal 10-year civil war and the world's worst Ebola crisis, Sierra Leone now suffers from one of the world's worst maternal and childhood mortality rates. The leading cause of death for all age groups is malaria.