Projects at Sustainable Health Systems Sierra Leone

1. ProCCM Sierra Leone

Ongoing projects

Project Name: Proactive Community Case Management (ProCCM) Sierra Leone
Partner: PATH
Sub-partner: Sustainable Health Systems
Duration: November 2023 – September 2025
Location: Pujehun District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone

Partnerships

Implementing Partners: PATH, Tulane University (data analysis), SHS (implementation)

Funding: President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), other specified local and international health organizations

2. Health System Resilience Post-Ebola and During COVID-19

Title: Testing Resilience: An Evaluation of the Health System Impact of COVID-19 in Post-Ebola Sierra Leone

Duration: 2 years

Funding: Canadian Institute for Health Research

Purpose: To evaluate the broader impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health system in Sierra Leone, identifying strengths and weaknesses exposed by the crisis.

Equity-Driven Decision-Making in COVID-19 Responses

Title: What Happened and Why? Case Studies to Determine the Extent of Equity Lens Driven Decision-Making in Response to COVID-19 in Canada and Sierra Leone

Duration: 2 years

Funding: New Frontiers in Research Funding

Purpose: To examine the degree to which COVID-19 decision-making was conducted with an equity perspective, aiming to build a more resilient and equitable health system by identifying gaps and lessons learned.

Completed projects

1. Longitudinal Study on the Effects of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

Title: Long-term Stress and Impairment in Children and Youth After an Acute Disease Outbreak

Duration: 5 years

Funding: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose: To explore the physical and psychosocial effects of the Ebola virus on children, focusing on social, familial, and individual impacts over time.

Outputs:

Ebola Virus Disease Sensitization in Sierra Leone: A community-centered public health response.

Stressors and Coping Strategies Among People Affected by Ebola: A qualitative study across multiple levels of the social ecology.