Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) is a leading provider and advocate of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Sierra Leone since 1959.
Offers guidance and resources to help individuals and couples make informed decisions about pregnancy, birth control, and reproductive health.
Provides a safe space for individuals to discuss concerns or questions about sexual health, intimacy, and personal identity.
Supports couples in navigating challenges, improving communication, and strengthening their emotional connections.
Focuses on maternal health, offering prenatal care, delivery assistance, and postnatal support to ensure safe pregnancies and healthy births.
Provides medical advice, testing, and treatments to assist individuals and couples facing challenges with conceiving.
Addresses issues related to men’s sexual well-being, including conditions like erectile dysfunction, low libido, and other reproductive concerns.
Educates on safe practices, offers testing, and provides treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
Delivers care for common childhood illnesses and ensures timely vaccinations to protect against preventable diseases.
Supports women in managing physical and emotional changes during menopause through expert advice and interventions.
Provides diagnostic services like lab testing and imaging to support accurate medical evaluations and treatment plans.
Assists survivors of gender-based violence by offering counseling, support, and referrals to specialized services for further help.
Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) is a leading provider and advocate of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Sierra Leone since 1959.
The Association provides a wide range of SRH services to improve the health and quality of life for marginalized and underserved women and girls, with a focus on increasing access to maternal health care including antenatal and post-natal care, paediatric care, prevention, management and treatment of infertility and subfertility, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), HIV counselling and testing, and family planning
Ø The Act is for both Men and Women
Ø The Act is to ensure that we have quality medical supplies in our health facilities/hospitals
Ø The Act is to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality
Ø The Act is to prevent, detect, and manage reproductive cancers
Ø The Act is to ensure appropriate referral services for emergencies and other reproductive health services
Ø The Act is to ensure prevention and treatment of childhood illnesses
Ø The Act is to prevent and ensure treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
Ø The Act is to ensure we have more trained health care professionals (Doctors & Nurses) in our hospitals and health care facilities
Ø The Act is to enhance access to family planning, information, counselling and services in designated health facilities
Ø The Act is to ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect and accorded respect of privacy and confidentiality
Ø The Bill is to ensure everyone is protected from harm, ill-treatment and all forms of violence including physical, verbal and psychological abuse;
Ø The Act is to ensure that everyone is protected from economic and sexual exploitation
Ø The Act is to support vulnerable women and children to have access to quality health care services
Ø The Act is to ensure confidentiality of men and women when they visit any health facility/hospital.
Ø The Act is to ensure that every individual has informed consent.
Ø The Act is to improve on our hospital/health care infrastructure
Ø The Act is for government to build more hospitals and health care infrastructure
Ø The Act is to ensure the reduction in teenage pregnancy and allow girls to continue their education
Ø The Act is to improve on the Free Health Care for pregnant women, lactating mothers and under five children
Ø There is Nothing mentioned about abortion in the Act
Ø The Act is for all regardless of status to have right to accept or refuse
Ø The Act is to protect everyone regardless of status (Poor or Rich) from discrimination
Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone (PPASL) is a leading provider and advocate of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Sierra Leone since 1959