This database features all of the resources produced by the ReBUILD for Resilience programme as well as those produced by its predecessor, ReBUILD. More resources are being added all the time. Contact us if you cannot find particular information.

‘Fighting a battle’: Ebola, health workers and the health system in Sierra Leone

Resource Type: Reports

Year: 2016

A working paper on the ReBUILD study ‘Fighting a battle: Ebola, health workers and the health system in Sierra Leone’


Report of Sierra Leone Human Resources for Health Summit 2-3 June 2016

Resource Type: Reports

Year: 2016

A ReBUILD consortium report from the Sierra Leone Human Resources for Health Summit 2016


Performance-based financing in the context of the complex remuneration of health workers: findings from a mixed-method study in rural Sierra Leone

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers

Year: 2016

The study investigates the absolute and relative contribution of performance-based financing (PBF) to health workers’ income and explores their views on PBF bonuses, in comparison to and interaction with other incomes. The study confirms the complex and interrelated nature of health workers’ remuneration and that the different financial incentives cannot be examined independently from one. It also shows that the way PBF schemes are implemented has an impact on health worker motivation.


Can donors really build institutions? Reflections on recent health sector experiences in Sierra Leone

Resource Type: Presentations

Year: 2016

Presentation made by Dr Sophie Witter at World Bank Fragility Forum panel session on “Can donors really build institutions?”. The presentation was based on experiences and research findings from ReBUILD and others from Sierra Leone’s health sector. The 2016 World Bank Fragility Forum was held in Washington on 1st-3rd March 2016. You can access and… Read more


Investigating health workers remuneration in Sierra Leone – preliminary results and reflections on methods

Resource Type: Presentations

Year: 2014

Presentation given by Maria Paola Bertone at the 3rd Conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (11-13 March, 2014, Nairobi).


Health workforce recruitment and financing – selected issues for consideration

Resource Type: Learning tool/guides

Year: 2016

Presentation given by Tim Martineau at the Human Resources for Health Summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2nd June 2016.


Building Back Better – Gender and post-conflict health systems

Resource Type: Presentations

Year: 2015

Combined presentations given at the launch of the Building Back Better website and resources on gender in post conflict health systems; 20th October 2015 in Liverpool


Evidence for supporting a health workforce for all in Sierra Leone

Resource Type: Presentations

Year: 2016

Complete presentations given by ReBUILD team at a stakeholder meeting on “Evidence for supporting a health workforce for all in Sierra Leone”, held on 28th January 2016 in Freetown


Health systems in post-conflict states – Learning from the ReBUILD programme

Resource Type: Presentations

Year: 2016

Presentation given by Joanna Raven on ReBUILD’s work on health systems in post-conflict states, at a Workshop on Rebuilding Health in Yemen after Conflict, 4th June 2016 in Liverpool


Human Resources for Health in Post-Conflict settings – Findings from ReBUILD research

Resource Type: Presentations

Year: 2016

Presentation given in June 2016 by Sophie Witter on the ReBUILD programme’s findings on Human Resources for Health in Post-Conflict settings.


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