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NewsSabi Salone: the country's evidence, in one place you can question
Sierra Leone's policies and evaluations are largely public. They are also scattered across ministries, donor archives and outdated PDFs. Sabi Salone puts them somewhere you can ask a question.
InsightDid it work? Using interrupted time series to evaluate health system change
Adolescent family planning visits doubled at one Kailahun health centre after a 2024 upgrade. Establishing whether the upgrade caused it is a harder question than it looks.
NewsIfD convenes a national conversation about evidence
In February 2025 IfD brought government ministries, universities, NGOs, research networks and people with lived experience of crisis into the same room.
InsightThe power of observation in early childhood development research
In hard-to-reach communities where formal schooling may be absent, observing children directly gives an unfiltered view of how young minds grow and learn.
InsightReligious leaders’ nuanced views on birth spacing and contraceptives in Sierra Leone
A qualitative study with the Christian Health Association of Sierra Leone finds religious leaders hold more differentiated views on contraception than public debate assumes.
InsightAdolescent girls’ perceptions of the COVID-19 infodemic in Sierra Leone
Trust, misinformation and ways forward: how Sierra Leone’s adolescent girls navigated the COVID-19 information environment.
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