Sierra LeoneResearch and Evidence Network Join

Evidence that Sierra Leone shapes, produces and uses

We connect the people who produce research in Sierra Leone with the people who make decisions, so that policy and practice rest on evidence Sierra Leoneans help create and own.

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An independent, non-profit, member-led network based in Freetown.

Illustrative network of evidence on malaria prevention Six interventions shown as circles. Solid lines join interventions that have been compared head to head in studies; thicker lines mean more studies. Two thin amber lines show comparisons that have never been studied directly but can be estimated through the rest of the network. Standard care Bed nets Indoor spraying Seasonalchemoprevention Communityhealth workers Vaccine
Compared head to head (thicker = more studies) Estimated indirectly through the network (thin line)

A great deal of research is done in and about Sierra Leone

Too little of it reaches the people deciding how to spend a health budget, design a school programme or respond to the next outbreak.

Studies sit in separate places. A few reach a decision, mostly by chance.

Read more about why the Network exists.

Where research sits, and where it needs to goOn the left, studies scattered across journals, donor archives, ministry shelves and personal drives. On the right, three decisions: a health budget, a school programme and an outbreak response. Today only a few studies reach a decision. With the Network, studies are gathered in one place and connected to every decision.The NetworkJournalsDonor archivesMinistry shelvesPersonal drivesHealth budgetSchool programmeOutbreak response

How the Network works

We start from the questions decision makers face and bring together the people who can answer them, with shared platforms to support the work.

What we do

Frame the question, check what is known, produce the evidence, bring it back to the decision and keep it current.

Members

Producers, users and the intermediaries who carry evidence between them, in one network.

Platforms

Sabi Salone and Sabi Core give members a searchable evidence library and tools for keeping reviews up to date.

Started by researchers who have spent their careers on evidence in Sierra Leone

The Network's founding directors, Regina Mamidy Yillah and Augustus Osborne, are now recruiting an independent Chair and board.

Meet the founders and see the open seats

Portrait of Regina Mamidy Yillah
Regina Mamidy Yillah
Portrait of Augustus Osborne
Augustus Osborne

A network that serves everyone must belong to no one.

No founder, partner or funder holds a reserved seat, a veto or a right to appoint directors. How the Network is governed

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Membership is open to people who produce research, people who use it in their work, and people who help it move between the two. Register your interest.