By Amin Kef (Ranger)
The Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, has intensified high-level engagements with key development partners as part of renewed efforts to accelerate the country’s Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) and strengthen the delivery of quality healthcare services.
Speaking on his recent diplomatic and technical outreach, the Vice President disclosed that over the past week he held strategic discussions with several partners, including the Regional Coordinator of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the new Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Zhao Yong. The engagements focused on mobilizing programmatic and technical support aligned with Government priorities under the MTNDP.
According to the Vice President, the discussions provided an opportunity to update partners on critical national reforms, particularly the newly developed Health Financing Strategy and its central role in the implementation of the recently endorsed Health Compact. The Health Compact serves as a national framework aimed at delivering quality, accessible, and equitable healthcare services through the strengthening of primary healthcare systems across the country.
Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh emphasized that the Health Financing Strategy is designed to ensure sustainable funding for the health sector, improve efficiency in resource utilization and enhance accountability in service delivery. He noted that effective implementation of the Health Compact depends largely on strong partnerships and coordinated support from development actors, both bilateral and multilateral.
The Vice President’s meeting with Ambassador Zhao Yong was also described as a significant step toward reinforcing long-standing bilateral relations between Sierra Leone and China. Discussions reportedly explored areas of cooperation that align with Sierra Leone’s development agenda, including infrastructure development, energy, agriculture and construction; sectors considered vital for economic growth, job creation and national resilience.
Those engagements come at a time when the Government is intensifying efforts to attract strategic investment and technical expertise to support its development objectives in early 2026 and beyond. Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to maintaining open dialogue with development partners, ensuring policy coherence and translating diplomatic engagements into tangible benefits for citizens.
He further assured partners of Sierra Leone’s readiness to provide the necessary policy and institutional environment to support effective collaboration, stressing that sustained development requires shared responsibility, mutual trust and a clear alignment of national and partner priorities.
The latest round of engagements underscores the Government’s proactive approach to diplomacy and development, positioning Sierra Leone to make measurable progress in healthcare delivery and broader socio-economic transformation.
