About Company

arie Stopes Sierra Leone

Marie Stopes Sierra Leone (often branded locally as MSI Sierra Leone) is a non-governmental health organization that provides sexual and reproductive health services across Sierra Leone. It is part of the global MSI Reproductive Choices partnership and is one of its oldest country programs, active since the mid-1980s.

Key facts

• Type: Non-governmental health organization (sexual and reproductive health NGO).

• Founded in Sierra Leone: 1986.

• Focus areas: Contraception, family planning, SRH care, maternal and child health.

• National reach: Services in all regions of Sierra Leone through clinics and outreach.

• Local nickname: “De mammy fo welbodi” (“the mother of health”).

Background and affiliation

Marie Stopes Sierra Leone began work in 1986, making it one of the earliest country programs in the Marie Stopes International / MSI Reproductive Choices network. It has kept operating through major crises, including the country’s decade-long civil war and the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak, when it was reportedly the only NGO of its type to maintain services nationwide.

Services and programs

The organization provides a full range of modern contraceptive methods (short-acting and long-acting, including implants, IUDs, injectables, pills, condoms, tubal ligation, and vasectomy), along with post-abortion care, outpatient maternal and child health, cervical cancer screening, STI testing and treatment, ultrasound and laboratory services.