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What we do
At hera, our international, multidisciplinary team is comprised of highly skilled professionals with extensive expertise in health and development research, program implementation, strategy development, monitoring, evaluation, and policy formulation.
Our core competencies encompass a wide range of areas in the health and development sector, with a special focus on monitoring and evaluation.
Dive deeper into our most recent initiatives across the foundational pillars of Health, Development, and Human Rights, as illuminated in our latest blog entries.

Health
We focus on a wide range of health issues, from policy and economics to research and development. This includes exploring how healthcare is delivered, funded, and researched, along with the workforce that makes it all happen.

We champion sustainable development initiatives. This means we work on issues like access to clean water and sanitation, quality education, and the effects of climate change. We also focus on fostering strong communities and effective partnerships to achieve these goals.
Development

Human rights
hera promotes human rights by advocating for equality and social protections, particularly for vulnerable groups. This includes ensuring access to healthcare and development opportunities. Our rights-based approach emphasizes that these are not just privileges, but fundamental rights for all.
Our clients
Since our start over thirty years ago, we have worked in more than 100 countries on more than 700 projects. hera has provided consultancy services to clients from the public and private sectors at local, national and international levels.
Some of the clients we regularly work for include:
AFD
DANIDA
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs SDC
Enabel
European Commission
FCDO
GAVI
Global Affairs Canada
Global Fund
KfW
Médécins sans Frontières
Norad
Plan International
SIDA
UNFPA
UNDP
UNICEF
UNOPS
UN Women
WFP
the WHO
the World Bank
The hera 2024 Annual Overview is now available.
From strengthening health systems to advancing universal health coverage, 2024 was a year of progress and perseverance for hera. Our work spanned humanitarian response, gender equality, and policy reform—driving meaningful change in global health and development.
As hera continues to grow, we also evolve internally. Dive in to find out what we’ve been up to this year.
Recent news
Contact us
Please contact us with any questions.
Mercier Square
Kardinaal Mercierplein 2
B-2800 Mechelen
Belgium
Tel +32 3 844 59 30
hera@hera.eu