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![Mohammed Fofana sits with his three month old son Hassan, whose mother Fudia died a few days after he was born. "When I found out she had died, I fell unconscious," says Mohammed as he sits bottle-feeding Hassan. "After I came round, I cried terribly [...] I was completely heartbroken with grief. I felt terrible for Hassan. He was so small and fragile and I wondered how we would breastfeed him, how we would manage." Sierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, with one in every eight women dying in childbirth..](https://archive.felixfeatures.com/img-get/I0000IOVMkh4gceg/s/750/750/AWA00373SRL.jpg)

Mohammed Fofana sits with his three month old son Hassan, whose mother Fudia died a few days after he was born. "When I found out she had died, I fell unconscious," says Mohammed as he sits bottle-feeding Hassan. "After I came round, I cried terribly [...] I was completely heartbroken with grief. I felt terrible for Hassan. He was so small and fragile and I wondered how we would breastfeed him, how we would manage." Sierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, with one in every eight women dying in childbirth..
Panos Pictures /Felix Features 14 Feb 2008
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