Fifty years after leaving Sierra Leone in far-west Africa, Normanhurst paediatrician Dr Nuli Lemoh has helped set up a children’s hospital that is reversing infant mortality rates and providing hope for a community that has suffered for so long.

Vandi Sombie is the medical superintendent of the Bo Children’s Hospital. He has had many years of experience in medical practices in rural communities and later in urban settings. Vande is passionate about improving health care outcomes for children in Bo.