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Beyond the bridge

Beyond the bridge

The field of knowledge brokering is rapidly evolving, moving far past the simple idea of connecting two disparate worlds. As an emerging...

Did It Work? Using Interrupted Time Series to Evaluate Health System Change

Did It Work? Using Interrupted Time Series to Evaluate Health System Change

On a Tuesday in March 2025, Maternal and Child Health Aide, Nancy Koroma, opened the family planning register at Bunumbu Community...

The Power of Observation in Early Childhood Development Research

The Power of Observation in Early Childhood Development Research

Observation is a powerful tool in early childhood development (ECD) research, especially in hard-to-reach (HTR) communities where formal schooling may...

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Religious leaders’ nuanced views on birth spacing and contraceptives in Sierra Leone-qualitative insights

Struggles to implement Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and sub-optimal family planning programs has led to high adolescent pregnancy rates in...

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Adolescent girls’ perceptions of the COVID-19 infodemic in Sierra Leone: trust, misinformation, and ways forward.

Sierra Leone’s adolescent girls faced the challenges of the COVID-19 infodemic with a mix of trust and scepticism. A qualitative...

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Religious leaders are ultra-powerful stakeholders in Sierra Leone society

Public health leaders will do well to keep them close Did you know that almost one in ten women in...

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Shifting Paradigms in Development: Embracing the PDIA Approach for Sustainable Solutions

How development is done right now and the problem with it Most development interventions follow an almost fixed pattern where...

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Personality Types by Yatta Musa, Senior Researcher

Imagine a world where we all understood each other’s personalities, the reasons behind our actions, thoughts and feelings. As we...

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Using the Myers Briggs assessment to improve productivity in the workplace by Muallem Kamara Researcher at IfD

A workplace is normally a mixture of people with different backgrounds. Using personality assessment tests with your current employees –...