After Ebola: why and how capacity support to Sierra Leone’s health sector needs to change
This paper argues that the ebola crisis provides an opportunity to reconsider ways in which capacity building operates
Abstract
The Ebola crisis revealed not only weaknesses in Sierra Leone’s health system, but also the limits of international capacity support over the last 13 years. The central argument of this report is that capacity building in the country’s health sector has been thought about and operationalised in a narrow, technical way. This dominant approach has ignored both the relational and systemic dimensions of capacity. A smarter model of capacity building is needed – one that does justice to the challenge of health systems strengthening, and to citizens seeking quality healthcare. To that end, 5 ideas and several recommendations are proposed.
Citation
Denney, L.; Mallett, R.; Jalloh, R. After Ebola: why and how capacity support to Sierra Leone’s health sector needs to change. Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK (2015) 46 pp. [Report 7]
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