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ArticleInternational health2026

Designing equitable and effective partnerships for transformative health outcomes in Port Loko District, Sierra Leone: a grassroots public health perspective.

Morlai Sesay

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Article in International health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Morlai SesaySchool of Public Health, Southern Medical University, 1023-1063 Shatai Nan Road, Guangzhou 510515, China.ORCID 0009-0003-4912-3108

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Port Loko District, Sierra Leone, has for a long time suffered from abject health inequalities fuelled by top-down, externally imposed health interventions without the support of community participation and sustainable institutions. My field experience shows that equitable and effective partnerships based on the five pillars of participatory co-design, mutual capacity development, democratization of information, resource allocation with equity prioritization and ongoing feedback with cultural humility hold the key to revolutionary health outcomes. Health alliances should solidify co-leadership by communities in leadership, invest in local data systems and tie funding with open, equity-driven processes to ensure sustainable gains in health.

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Public HealthCapacity BuildingCommunity ParticipationHumansLeadershipSierra Leonecommunity health workersdata democratizationequitable and effective partnershipsgrassroots healthhealth systems strengtheningSierra Leone

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PMID41689389
PMCPMC13530296

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