Strengthening health system resilience: A practical toolkit for community engagement
This toolkit (which you can access here) is designed to help districts replicate the model for strengthening health systems through community dialogue, accountability, and action devised and delivered by the ReBUILD for Resilience team in Sierra Leone.
Whether you’re a District Health Management Team, a local leader, or a development partner, this toolkit offers practical steps, templates, and real-world examples to guide you. Here’s how to navigate it:
- Start with the basics: Read the Background and Model overview sections to understand the
context, principles, and core components. - Assess your readiness: Use the Self-Assessment tool and Readiness Checklist to determine
where you stand and what you need to do to begin. - Choose your track: Decide whether a quick three-month start-up or a deeper 12-month
implementation suits your context. - Troubleshoot and scale: Refer to troubleshooting tips for common challenges and explore scaling
strategies when you’re ready to expand.
This toolkit is built to be flexible, so adapt it to your district’s unique needs.
This toolkit is a collaboration between the community stakeholders of Kailahun and Moyamba districts and researchers from Institute for Development (IfD), Sierra Leone, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Further information
This toolkit was produced as part of a learning site study in Kailahun and Moyamba districts – Working with community leaders to address shocks, increase inclusivity, accountability and trust, and support health system resilience in Sierra Leone. There’s more on that study here.