- how drivers of teenage pregnancy – notably norms that promote gender inequality – are affected by the Covid-19 context
- how partners have adapted their programming to the Covid-19 context
- the experience of accompanying adaptive programmes with action research during this period.
This brief captures the observations and reflections of these organisations’ staff in responding programmatically to the pandemic, rather than being an account of the impacts of Covid-19 in Sierra Leone more broadly. This forms part of our ongoing documentation of learning: what is actually going on in terms of adaptation, knowledge gaining, and what it means not to lose sight of the original goals of the programme, even in the middle of a pandemic.