we have a special report from sierra leone. >> hello and welcome. the military crackdown is intensifying. tanks have swept in where the government claims 120 soldiers were killed earlier this week in jisr al-shughour thousands of refugees have already crossed the border. >> and apprehensive looking group of syrians, some waving olive branches, approach the border with turkey. the turks have a military observation post in the valley. they fear it could be the start of a much bigger exodus. here at the edge of syria, you get ripples from the storms for the rent on the other side of the hills. jisr al-shughour, where many of these people come from, is less than half an hour away. some of the wounded are being taken to this hospital in the local town and kept away from journalists. the bbc managed to get into seamen worried about reprisals at home, but happy to talk. one man said he was hurt and syrian soldiers open fire on a funeral in jisr al-shughour. the bullets were coming like rain, he said. this is telephone video of syrian soldiers moving up tow

we have a report from sierra leone, one of the poorest countries in the world. >> sierra leone is a beautiful country with an ugly record on child survival. until a few years ago, one and four children never made it to the age of five. now, nearly a decade after the brutal civil war, child health is finally taking center stage. you can see it at any health clinic where mothers get in line patiently to have their children protected with the latest vaccines. >> child of mortality is among the highest in the world. things are improving. immunization is one of the reasons why these children have a better chance of leading a healthy and productive life. in january, a vaccine was introduced against pneumonia, one of the biggest killers in the developing world. other countries want the job but that depends on whether aid agencies get more money. go to any village and you can see the potential that has to save lives. this woman has lost two children to pneumonia. i am worried about my three surviving children, she said. no wonder that the baby is having oliver vaccines against polio -- having all of

clean stop the toxins money may be able to walk again and play and enjoy life like other kids sierra leone hospital though it was almost eight hundred thousand dollars beyond comprehension for you lana whose husband left the family with the first signs of the disease she petitioned all sorts of organizations there was a boat to see the local authorities when in april they finally agreed to provide the money for the drug bag then this piece of paper seemed to follow this license to life. when i got this letter i was so hopeful it meant that my child would live. there waited weeks then months in early june voters health took a turn for the worst and he died never having seen the promised drug. most people agree that losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to a parent but it's not the worst thing for her is to leave the rest of her life knowing that her child could have been saved but the treatment was there and the money was found. wrecked tape or administrative procedures whatever you call it. was never given a chance. to say there was absolutely no way to speed things up there in