Listen and understand
Community priorities and locally relevant evidence help define the issue before activities are designed.
HOW WE WORK
Connected by design.
Community voices, local institutions and evidence connect MCHF’s approach to equitable health across Sierra Leone.
Evidence informs.
Communities lead.
Systems sustain.
MCHF’s strategy brings programmes together rather than treating them as isolated projects. Locally relevant evidence informs delivery, while communities participate in identifying priorities and designing practical solutions.
In Sierra Leone, programme planning considers community health workers, peripheral health units, hospitals and district health teams together. Local partnerships create opportunities for shared learning, better coordination and responsible growth.
A CONTINUOUS CYCLE
How learning becomes better care
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Evidence
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Programme design
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Community engagement
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Implementation
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Monitoring & evaluation
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Learning
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Adaptation
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Sustainable scale
ACROSS EVERY PROGRAMME
Principles that hold us together.
Gender & social inclusionYouth participationCommunity ownershipEvidence-based programmingPartnership & coordinationMonitoring, Evaluation & LearningSustainability
Ambitious, and grounded in reality.
Targets grow with confirmed resources, baseline evidence, community needs and implementation partnerships.
Our implementation framework UNDERSTAND THE APPROACH
Follow an idea from evidence to action.
MCHF’s integrated approach links community priorities with evidence, design, implementation and review. Learning remains part of the work throughout the cycle.
Design and connect
Programme design brings together community engagement, facility linkages and institutional partnerships appropriate to the issue.
Review and adapt
Monitoring and evaluation inform learning. Adaptation uses that learning to refine activities and the next planning cycle.
Framework: MCHF Strategic Plan 2027–2031 and institutional memorandum. This introduction explains the approach; it does not report completed programme results.
Read the strategic framework