hera provides consultancy services to a broad range of clients from both the public and private sectors at local, national and international levels. Our resource section provides links to recent publications that reflect this broad level of collaboration and the experience of our partners and clients.

Publications

  • Cartographie et analyse du financement de la santé dans la province du Sud-Kivu (RDC)

    Yann Tapsoba, Eustache Ndokabilya, Jean-Claude Wema, Thomas Engels, Élisabeth Paul

    Dans Santé Publique 2023/3 (Vol. 35), pages 315 à 328

    https://www.cairn.info/revue-sante-publique-2023-3-page-315.htm?modal=share-tap&tap=b8wehgh926aq6&contenu=article

    hera. (2023). Evaluation rétrospective de la réponse de l'UNICEF à la crise de la sécheresse de niveau L2 dans le sud de Madagascar de mi-juillet 2021 à mi-juillet 2022 [Retrospective Evaluation of UNICEF's Response to Level 2 Drought Crisis in Southern Madagascar from Mid-July 2021 to Mid-July 2022]. Final Report. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/evaluation/reports#/detail/18886/evaluation-rtrospective-de-la-rponse-de-lunicef-la-crise-de-la-scheresse-de-niveau-l2-dans-le-sud-de-madagascar-de-mi-juillet-2021-mi-juillet-2022

    UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women, & WHO. (2023). Fact Sheet on the Maternal Health of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas. Retrieved from https://www.unfpa.org/resources/maternal-health-analysis-women-and-girls-african-descent-americas

  • Evaluation of the Mid-term Progress of the Health System Strengthening Project (RSS III) in Burundi (2018-2021) ) (in french) - UNICEF Country/Office: Burundi Office. Retreived from : https://www.unicef.org/evaluation/reports#/detail/18538/evaluation-a-mi-parcours-du-projet-de-renforcement-du-systeme-de-sante-rss-iii-au-burundi-2018-2021

    Market assessment of local production of ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF) and ready to use supplementary food (RUSF). Read more on our website.

    UNICEF, & KOICA. (January 2022). The Situation of Adolescents in Ghana. Retrieved from : https://www.unicef.org/ghana/reports/situation-adolescents-ghana

  • Evaluation of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Operational Centre Brussels (OCB) Supply. » Read more on our website

    ÉVALUATION À MI-PARCOURS DE LA FEUILLE DE ROUTE « DYNAMIQUES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES EN AFRIQUE 2017-2021 . https://www.afd.fr/fr/ressources/evaluation-demographique-afrique-2017-2021?origin=%2Ffr%2Fressources-accueil

    2021 UNFPA State of the world population report - My Body is My Own. » Read more

  • Norad. (2020). Norad Country Evaluation Brief: Democratic Republic of the Congo [Report]. Retrieved from : /news/norad.

    Ignite. (2020). END OF PROJECT EVALUATION OF THE IGNITE PROJECT: VOLUME 1 [PDF document]. Retrieved from : https://www.psi.org/publication/end-of-project-evaluation-of-the-ignite-project-volume-1/

    Measuring SDG Target 5.6 - Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. Retrieved from : https://www.unfpa.org/sdg-5-6

    hera. (2020, September 25). Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) summative evaluation: main report [PDF document]. Retrieved from https://idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.org/handle/10625/59576.

    MNH Programme. (January 2020). Summative Evaluation: Volume II Annexes. Retrieved from : https://iati.fcdo.gov.uk/iati_documents/56069616.pdf

    Ochieng, B. M., Lattanzi, G., Choge, M., Kaseje, D. C. O., & Thind, A. S. (2022). Effect of health systems strengthening in influencing maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Bungoma County, Kenya. Pan African Medical Journal, 41, 125. PMC9011907. PMID: 35480409. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.125.30170. Retrieved from : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9011907/

  • Mid-Term Joint Evaluation of Memorandum of Understanding Number Eight (MOU8) – Gavi/UNICEF, 2018-2019:

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    https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/document/mid-term-evaluation-of-mou8pdf.pdf

    External Evaluation of the UNDP-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) 2013-2017 – WHO, 2018-2019:

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    https://www.who.int/nepal/activities/supporting-elimination-of-kala-azar-as-a-public-health-problem/docs/default-source/hrp/HRP-Evaluation-Report-Vol-1

    Evaluation of the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision Mechanism, WHO:

    https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/documents/evaluation/external-evaluation-vaccine-group.pdf?sfvrsn=c197d7e4_2

    Medium-Term Review of the Third Development Cooperation Program between the Government of Flanders and the Government of Mozambique – FDFA, 2019

    https://fdfa.be/sites/default/files/2022-01/2020%20midterm%20evaluation%20FLAN%20MOZ%20final%20report.pdf

  • Évaluation in itinere de l’Initiative Solidarité Santé Sahel (I3S) An intern evaluation of the Solidarity Initiative Sahel Health (I3S), a French initiative for access to healthcare for children in Mali and other Sahelian countries.(French) Authors: Marc Reveillon and Alice Behrendt

    https://www.afd.fr/fr/ressources/evaluation-itinere-de-linitiative-solidarite-sante-sahel-i3s

  • IHP+ global monitoring report

    The 2016 monitoring round tracked eight effective development cooperation practices in the health sector using indicators for both governments and for development partners. The main findings of the 2016 monitoring round will feed into the UHC2030 Global Monitoring Report, together with the ongoing performance review of development partners. The final report will be available shortly and individual country results are available now on the UHC2030 website.

    https://www.uhc2030.org/what-we-do/voices/accountability/2016-monitoring-round/

    A health system perspective to improving pharmaceutical supply: Lessons from Zimbabwe. Carasso K.B., Naylor M., Ngwaru T., Caffrey M., Witter S. (Belgium, UK & South Africa)

    http://www.ectmih2017.be/site/assets/files/1014/preliminary_programme_01_09.pdf

    Preliminary program for the 10th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. Pharmaceutical Policy in Countries with Developing Healthcare Systems. Editors: Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din (Ed.) Book Chapter 2 by Aarti Patel and Jane Mashingia

    http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319516721

    Exploring Supervisor-Related Job Resources as Mediators between Supervisor Conflict and Job Attitudes in Hospital Employees. Elfering A, Gerhardt C, Grebner S, Müller U. Saf Health Work. 2017 Mar;8(1):19-28. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2016.06.003. Epub 2016 Jul 1. PMID: 28344837

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28344837

    A tool for exploring the dynamics of innovative interventions for public health: the critical event card. Figueiro AC, de Araújo Oliveira SR, Hartz Z, Couturier Y, Bernier J, do Socorro Machado Freire M, Samico I, Medina MG, de Sa RF, Potvin L. Int J Public Health. 2017 Mar;62(2):177-186. doi: 10.1007/s00038-016-0861-5. Epub 2016 Aug 29. PMID: 27572490

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27572490

  • SADC Feasibility Study on Regional Manufacturing of Medicines and Health Commodities. W Bannenberg, M Vandermeulen, M Schürmann, E Vreeke, L Jille, A Patel, R Verhage, H Decosas, I Jille - Traas

    SADC Feasibility Study Vol 1

    SADC Feasibility Study Vol 2

    SADC Feasibility Study Vol 2A

    SADC Feasibility Study Vol 3

    SADC Strategy for Regional Manufacturing

    Publications by hera partners

    Factors Associated With Condom Use for HIV Prevention Among Nepalese Labor Migrant Couples. Thapa S, Pathak S, Leppin A, Buve A, Hannes K, Kandel G, Mathei C. AIDS Educ Prev. 2016 Apr;28(2):180-90. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2016.28.2.180. PMID: 27459168

    Association of Sexual Debut in Adolescents With Microbiota and Inflammatory Markers. Jespers V, Hardy L, Buyze J, Loos J, Buvé A, Crucitti T. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jul;128(1):22-31. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001468. PMID: 27275789

    Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth? Four Reasons Not to Blur the Line Between Research and Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Pinxten W, Ravinetto R, Buvé A. Am J Bioeth. 2016 Jun;16(6):17-9. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1170244. No abstract is available. PMID: 27216092

    Vulnerability of wives of Nepalese labor migrants to HIV infection: Integrating quantitative and qualitative evidence. Thapa S, Bista N, Hannes K, Buve A, Vermandere M, Mathei C. Women Health. 2016 Oct;56(7):745-66. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2015.1118726. Epub 2015 Dec 2. PMID: 26630366

    Translating primary into 'positive' prevention for adolescents in Eastern Africa. Nöstlinger C, Jasna L, Sabrina BK, Obong'o C, Eric W, Buvé A. Health Promot Int. 2016 Sep;31(3):653-64. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dav044. Epub 2015 Jun 4. PMID: 26048865

    Implementation and Operational Research: Programmatic Feasibility of Dried Blood Spots for the Virological Follow-up of Patients on Antiretroviral Treatment in Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Boillot F, Serrano L, Muwonga J, Kabuayi JP, Kambale A, Mutaka F, Fujiwara PI, Decosas J, Peeters M, Delaporte E. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Jan 1;71(1):e9-15. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000844. PMID: 26413848

    Factors associated with the failure of obstetric fistula repair in Guinea: implications for practice. Delamou A, Delvaux T, Beavogui AH, Toure A, Kolié D, Sidibé S, Camara M, Diallo K, Barry TH, Diallo M, Leveque A, Zhang WH, De Brouwere V. Reprod Health. 2016 Nov 8;13(1):135. PMID: 27821123

    Pregnancy and childbirth after repair of obstetric fistula in sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping Review. Delamou A, Utz B, Delvaux T, Beavogui AH, Shahabuddin A, Koivogui A, Levêque A, Zhang WH, De Brouwere V. Trop Med Int Health. 2016 Nov;21(11):1348-1365. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12771. Epub 2016 Sep 6. Review. PMID: 27596732

    A descriptive longitudinal study protocol: recurrence and pregnancy post-repair of obstetric fistula in Guinea. Delamou A, Delvaux T, Beavogui AH, Levêque A, Zhang WH, De Brouwere V. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2016 Oct 10;16(1):299. PMID: 27724918

    Assessing the relevance of indicators in tracking social determinants and progress toward equitable population health in Brazil. Rasella D, Machado DB, Castellanos ME, Paim J, Szwarcwald CL, Lima D, Magno L, Pedrana L, Medina MG, Penna GO, Barreto ML. Glob Health Action. 2016 Jan;9(1):29042. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.29042. PMID: 28156938

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