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![Abass Koroma, 32, eats cassava leaf in palm oil with rice in his room, barely big enough to contain his mattress. Koroma came to Freetown in 1993 from Kono [district] to escape the fighting during Sierra Leone’s civil war. “We are happy to have this p](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/201308300840260104.jpg.webp?itok=tYm15pcN "A polio survivor eats cassava leaf in palm oil with rice in his room in Freetown. (Aug 2013)")
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