About Us

Advancing research capacity in Sierra Leone

IfD was registered in Sierra Leone in July 2013.

The IfD vision is a high capacity research and development sector in Sierra Leone.

Our mission is to support decision makers to understand what works.

our Services

Mixed methods research

Political economy assessments

Support for adaptive programming/management

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Our Core Values

  • We only work with appropriately skilled consultants.
  • We improve continuously.
  • We actively seek partnerships.
  • We harness synergy.
  • We are open and upfront in all our dealings

Past projects

Survey of 600 Sierra Leoneans on traditional health beliefs and practices including applical for ethical clearance – August 2020

Intellecap: 16 semi-structured interviews with enterprises on Socio-economic challenges in the Sierra Leone business environment. – June 2020.

Montrose: Quantitative data collection from 237 WASH sites – May 2020

Leonard Cheshire: Research understanding disabled women’s experiences of attitudinal barriers towards sexual and reproductive healthcare and their impact on family planning. – January to October 2020

Overseas Development Institute: Action Research with SLRC on Teenage Pregnancy in Sierra Leone. – April 2019 to May 2020

Itad: UNICEF Programming in Health Systems Strengthening – a formative evaluation. – June to November 2018

Child to Child: Support for development of WHO Case study. – May to September 2018

IRC: Formative Assessment: Incentivising private providers in Sierra Leone for malaria testing and effective treatment. – February to May 2018

Christian Aid: Research on Role of the Private Sector in Health System Strengthening in Sierra Leone. – January to September 2018

Save the Children: Baseline Assessment for Girls Education in Sierra Leone (Tobbells) Project: Kimi Legaa Ti Gaa. – January to September 2018

 UNICEF: Qualitative study: Girls Access to Education (GATE). – April 2017 to April 2018

IRC: Evaluation of the ‘Back on Track’ Maternal and Child Health Project. – May to July 2017
GOAL: Final Evaluation of EU NSA project: “Strengthening Referral Pathways from the Street to School- supporting Non- State Actors to Protect and Empower Extremely Vulnerable Children and Youth.” – April to June 2017

Avenir Health: Data collection to inform Family Planning (FP) Goals. – January to February 2017

Christian Aid: Final Evaluation of End of Project Evaluation of “People Living Positively (PLP): South-to-South Learning to Scale-up Effective HIV Care and Support interventions in Nigeria. – August to September 2016

Child to Child: Final Evaluation of Increasing access, retention and performance in primary eduction. – July 2016 – April 2017.

Cordaid: Evaluation of the Consortium on Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Project. – August to November 2015

Welbodi Partnership: Final Evaluation of Improving Child Health for Urban Poor in Freetown. – April to June 2015

World Vision: Baseline Assessment of Makpele Project Area. – August 2014

UNICEF: Rapid assessment of the incentive scheme. – August 2014