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1. How Markets Alleviated the Impact of Ebola for Vulnerable Families and Children

   

   Soon after the Ebola outbreak was confirmed in Guinea, it quickly spread to the neighbouring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone. The Kailahun district of Sierra Leone, an important trading zone where the three nations converge, was hit especially hard

   Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children

2. Nutrition in the WHO African Region

   

   Today, nutrition is considered a fundamental pre-requisite to health and well-being, and a primary indicator of future human capital development. The first 1000 days of a child's life is especially crucial. Physical growth and cognitive development within

   Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): WHO, World Health Organization Author(s): Onyango, Adelheid W. | Ouedraogo Nikiema, Laetitia | Zielinski, Sebastian

3. 'Worse than the War': An ethnographic study of the impact of the Ebola crisis on life, sex, teenage pregnancy, and a community-driven intervention in rural Sierra Leone

   

   The Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic and crisis of 2014-2016 dealt a devastating blow to the citizens of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, the full impact of which is still being unearthed. The purpose of this research is to illuminate both the wider i

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Kostelny, K. | Lamin, D. | Manyeh, M. | Ondoro, K. | Stark, L. | ...

4. Webinar: What have we learned from the Child Protection response to Ebola?

   

   On Monday, January 23, 2017, the Alliance’s Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) Working Group organized and led the webinar “What have we learned from the child protection response in epidemics during the Ebola crisis?” An

   Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

5. Care and Protection of Children in the West African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic: Lessons learned for future public health emergencies

   

   Prepared over a period of one year from September 2015 to September 2016, UNICEF, in partnership with relevant agencies and governments, presents feedback and lessons learned from the Child Protection Programme during the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemi

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund Author(s): Brooks, Andy

6. Ending Malnutrition for Every Last Child in Sierra Leone

   

   Sierra Leone has made impressive progress in improving children’s nutrition since 2010. But nearly 30% of children are still stunted, especially in certain northern and eastern districts. Boys, teenage mothers, and children living in Northern districts we

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Save the Children

7. Every Last Child Country Spotlight: Sierra Leone

   

   Save the Children is campaigning at an international and national level to achieve the greatest impact for children with the Every Last Child Campaign. High teenage pregnancy rate remains a perennial challenge for Sierra Leone’s 3.5 million child populati

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Lavalie, Andrew

8. Child Protection in Emergencies Facts and Figures

   

   Compiled by the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG), this report presents facts and figures on child protection in emergencies. Data was collected for the 42 countries that have a Humanitarian Coordinator or that were on the Inter-Agency's Standing Comm

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): CPWG, The Child Protection Working Group

9. Applying Community-Based Participatory Research to Better Understand and Improve Kinship Care Practices: Insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

   

   Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in Family and Community Health, this article examines the experiences of Save the Children in implementing a multi-country community-based participatory (CBPR) programme to increase the understanding of kinship c

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Family and Community Health Author(s): Chukwudozie, Oge | Feinstein, Clare | Jensen, Celina | O’Kane, Claire | ...

10. Child Rights Governance: Missed Taxation Opportunities to Improve Investment in Children in Africa: Case analysis of Kenya, Sierra Leone and Zambia

    

    Many governments cite a lack of sufficient resources as the reason for their inability to implement children’s rights according to their obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Yet, findings from this study indica

    Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): Save the Children | TJN-A, Tax Justice Network - Africa

11. Cash Transfer Programmes in Sierra Leone

    

    The humanitarian community is increasingly using cash-based and cash transfer programs (CTP) in response to emergencies world-wide. Many questions arise in regards to the use of this relief method. Primarily, (1) how do practitioners know that the resourc

    Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): FSNN, Food Security and Nutrition Network Author(s): Simbwa, Andrew

12. Orphans and Ebola: Estimating the secondary impact of a public health crisis

    

    The 2014 Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa is the largest to date by far. Ebola Virus Disease causes disproportionate mortality among the working-age population, resulting in far more mortality for parents of young children than other health cri

    Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): The World Bank Group Author(s): Evans, David | Popova, Anna

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