Community-Based Mentoring to Reduce Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in Adolescent Pregnancies in Sierra Leone (2YoungLives): A Pilot Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
(Abstracted from Lancet 2025;405(10497):2302-2312) Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with 443 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2020. Adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years old represent up to 40% of maternal deaths.
Authors
- Mangenda Kamara
- Betty Sam
- Lucy November (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0966-2479)
- Paul T. Seed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7904-7933)
- Andrew Shennan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5273-3132)
- Alexandra Ridout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0988-7229)
- Jane Sandall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-743X)
- Suzie Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3365-0136)
- Prince Tommy Williams
- Philemon Kamara
- Cristina Fernandez Turienzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7393-6593)
- Appiah M. Kingsford
- Osman Conteh
- Michael Munu
- Peter J. S. Koroma
Institutions
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León (NI)
- Hesco (United States) (US)
- Hospital Universitario de León (ES)
- Universidad de León (ES)
- Leoni (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ogx.0001176340.24636.22
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00