As a result of a joint initiative between R4D, the Harvard School of Public Health, the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services, and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the Ministerial Leadership Initiative (MLI) held a series of conversations determining the day-to-day challenges holding policymakers back in improving access to health services.

A recent blog post by R4D Senior Program Associate, Aarthi Rao, reveals the roadblocks and barriers Dr. Samuel AS Kargbo, the Director of Reproductive Health in Sierra Leone, faced as he carved the way to provide free health care for pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under five in Sierra Leone.

Click here to read the blog post “What's holding policymakers back?"