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John: the Maternal Center of Excellence will radically reduce maternal and infant mortality in Kono and beyond (2022)

prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2026-04-28) · owner: John

In May 2025 John predicted that the Maternal Center of Excellence in Kono would radically reduce maternal and infant mortality in Kono and beyond. In October 2025 John said mortality would fall further once it opened, and Hank said its real impact would grow over years.

Part of: Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019)

Told alongside: John: the Maternal Center of Excellence should dramatically accelerate progress in care at Koidu (2020) · John: the Maternal Center of Excellence will complete construction in October 2025 and begin opening to patients in January 2026 (2025) · John asks viewers to donate to Partners In Health at pih.org/hankandjohn (2019) · John: the Maternal Center of Excellence will dramatically change the quality of care for women and children in its region (2020) · John: as a teaching hospital the Maternal Center of Excellence will train the next generation of Sierra Leonean health care workers (2019) · Partners In Health maternal health project in Liberia funded by DFTBA profit (2019)

About: Maternal Center of Excellence, maternal death, child mortality, Kono District

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2022-11-15 first in the videos (repeated; it began earlier) John says the project's biggest hope was that work in one region of one country could prove maternal and child mortality can be radically reduced everywhere and inspire other partners, which is starting to happen. 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next 00:04:22
2025-05-13 predicted John says the MCOE will care for thousands or tens of thousands of people a year and radically reduce maternal and infant mortality in Kono and beyond. I Have the BEST News 00:04:32
2025-10-01 repeated John says maternal mortality at the hospital will decline further with the opening next month (November 2025) of the Maternal Center of Excellence there. Real Reasons for Hope 00:03:53
2025-10-31 repeated Hank says the MCOE's real impact, healthier mothers, stronger families and a more resilient health system, will grow over years. We Did It… 00:07:14
2026-04-14 came true John says mothers and children who could have died now survive every week in Kono, and the community has played a small but significant role. Babies. Babies. Babies. 00:03:24
2026-04-28 came true John says 500 babies were born at the MCOE in its first six weeks of operation, including over 200 C-sections, many of them emergencies that might otherwise have meant maternal and child death. What I Can't Show You 00:05:37

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