Healthcare in Guinea: a life or death lottery. Djiba Diakite a doctor in a private clinic who contracted Ebola from a patient but then survived poses for a photograph at his clinic in Siguiri, Guinea Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Over twelve thousand people died from Ebola in West Africa; Guinea suffered nearly two thousand deaths and thousands more were infected. Dr Diakite says"If Ebola were to come back to Guinea we still would not have the resources to cope. "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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