Client: The Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism & The National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program/ National Agency for Control of AIDS (Nigeria) Project Year: 2009 – 2014 Geographic Scope: Nigeria Area of Focus: Technical Assistance for Development of a Joint Concept Note for HIV/AIDS and TB Solutions: Policy Analysis and Development Health Systems Consult…
Client: Defense Health Maintenance Ltd (DHML) Project Year: 2014 Geographic Scope: Abuja, Nigeria Area of Focus: Research for the Development of a Registration Portal for the Military Health Insurance scheme Solutions: Health Programmes Design and Implementation/Health Financing and Economic Reviews Defence Health Maintenance Limited (DHML) was established by the Ministry of Defence as a Health…
Client: Dangote Foundation /Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria Project Year: 2014 Geographic Scope: Kano, Enugu, Rivers and Lagos states, Nigeria Area of Focus: Technical Assistance on Strengthening Response Systems for Outbreaks and Epidemics Solutions: Human Resources for Health (HRH) Development In the wake of the 2014 Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa and…
Client: Christian Aid Project Year: 2014 Geographic Scope: Plateau State, Nigeria Area of Focus: Evaluation to Measure the Impact of the ICCD Project Solutions: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning In Nigeria, firewood is the most utilized source of energy for cooking, providing about 60% and 92.3% of cooking energy in urban and rural households…
The incidence of HIV and TB has contributed to the death of thousands of people annually across the world. The fight against these diseases has been at the core of many donor-funded programs in Lower- and Middle-income Countries (LMICs), and Nigeria like many other LMICs is no different. These programs – implemented as stand-alone health…
Many states in Nigeria have faced challenges due to inadequate public financial management capacity of personnel responsible for the oversight of financial transactions in the state ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). One of the implications of this huge gap is the inability of some of the state personnel to effectively use financial management tools which…
Institutional strengthening, capacity-building and organizational development have been a focus of development practice since the 1950s. It draws on a range of disciplines, including governance, leadership, institutional and behavioral economics. Recent approaches to capacity-building are usefully drawing on systems and complex theories. However, it is in this mixed performance that countries (including Nigeria) have started…
For an efficient system, clear lines of authority and reporting have to be established and operationalized, removing all elements of ambiguity and overlap in the implementation of an organization’s day to day activities towards achieving set goals. Borne out of the need to achieve universal health coverage in Imo state, with a population whose vast…
To attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC) where every individual has access to quality health care without suffering financial hardship at the point of use, designing, and implementing a sustainable health financing strategy is imperative. Imo State Health Insurance Agency’s (IMSHIA) mandate of providing health insurance cover to all residents of Imo places it at a…
In alignment with the Federal Government of Nigeria’s goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and as part of efforts to improve access to healthcare for all residents, the Government of Kaduna state in 2018 signed into law, the Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority (KADCHMA) to provide a legal framework for the operationalization of a…