Healthcare in Guinea: a life or death lottery. A young girl carries nuts to sell in a metal tray on her head in Niandankoro, Guinea Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. UNICEF, supported with donations from the Spanish Government have been supplying training and medical supplies to clinics throughout the region.The situation for newborn babies and their mothers in this west African country is dire. Of every 1,000 babies born in Guinea, 123 die before their fifth birthday. For every 100,000 live births, 724 women die. Guinea has the world's second-highest rate of female genital mutilation (FGM), after Somalia - 97% of women between 15 and 49 have been cut. Women who have had FGM are twice as likely to haemorrhage during childbirth, and haemorrhage is the leading cause of mothers dying in Africa. Inaccessible clinics, untrained and overstretched midwives and lack of medicine are among the challenges facing mothers and newborn babies in Guinea. ? Kate Holt / eyevine ? Kate Holt / eyevine
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