Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world and in Africa. The nation ranks 177th out of 186 countries in the UN’s Human Development Index. The nation has a life expectancy of 48 years. The West Africa nation was devastated and ravaged by a civil war that took place between 1991 and 2002. As a result of the civil war, about 70,000 people lost their lives and the country’s entire infrastructure was damaged. The infrastructure included the health systems and health statistics.
