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Assessing and strengthening community health systems in the Middle East and North Africa region
hera's experts assess community health systems in the Middle East and North Africa for UNICEF. This project aims to improve healthcare access in a region facing conflict and strengthen its response to health threats.
Evaluating UNICEF’s L2 Emergency Response to the Drought Crisis in Southern Madagascar
UNICEF's Level 2 (L2) emergency response was carried out in collaboration with the National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management and focused on 10 districts in three priority regions in the South of Madagascar. A hera team was selected to evaluate the L2 response with a dual objective of learning and accountability.
hera leads the HISP Consortium, Advancing Health and Social Justice
We are delighted to announce that hera, in steadfast commitment to the values of equity, social justice, and human rights-based development, was recently awarded another four-year contract to lead the consortium for the Knowledge Hub on Health, Socio-Economic Inequalities, and Social Protection (HISP). This follows two similar successful Health Advisory Service contracts that hera implemented between 2014 and 2022.
Gender equality mainstreaming in health evaluations and research workshop #HSR2022
At the Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2022) in Bogota, Colombia, hera Director Marieke Devillé, along with Alejandra Martinez presented a participatory workshop on gender-responsive evaluation and research approaches.
Norad Country Evaluation Brief: Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Norwegian agency for development cooperation (Norad) recently published a Country Evaluation Brief on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prepared by a hera team of researchers.
Local production of therapeutic and supplementary food in Zambia
Market assessment of local production of ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF) and ready to use supplementary food (RUSF)
International Women’s Day 2022 - Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow
The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022 is, “gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. In our increasingly interconnected world, it seems appropriate to have an intersectional theme encompassing gender and sustainability. For our work in the health and development sector, we know how crucial it is to consider cross-cutting issues and to adopt intersectional standpoints.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s (Gavi’s) Fragility, Emergencies and Refugees (FER) policy
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s (Gavi’s) Fragility, Emergencies and Refugees (FER) policy has been in effect since June 2017.
The Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) scorecard of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
The SRHR SADC Scorecard is a high-level peer review accountability tool to track progress of the Region in achieving the SADC Regional Strategy for SRHR 2019-2030 and the SRHR targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. It consists of 20 key indicators to track progress in meeting the 10 outcomes of the strategy. Member States are to report every two years on progress made against the SADC Scorecard.
Launch of the 2021 UNFPA State of the world population report - My Body is My Own
The 2021 UNFPA report highlights the critical need for bodily autonomy. COVID-19 worsened the problem, with increased gender-based violence and limitations on healthcare access. The report acknowledges challenges faced by diverse groups. hera's research on women's decision-making around sexual health contributed to the report, with a focus on agency that goes beyond access to services.
hera to support Health Systems Global in developing a new 5-year strategic plan
A hera team, led by CEO Leen Jille and Associate Partner Giorgia Lattanzi, has been selected to support Health Systems Global (HSG) in developing its next 5-Year Strategic plan covering 2021-2026. The aim is to develop a strategic framework that continues to position HSG at “the forefront of health systems policy and research within the changing landscape of global health.”
Gender specialist Justine Jensen joins the hera partner co-operative
A warm welcome for hera’s newest partner!
Gender, HIV and Youth Mainstreaming Strategy of the Seed Knowledge Initiative (SKI)
SKI is comprised of 16 partner organisations in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa with the aim of improving farmer-led seed knowledge systems and helping smallholder farmers to become more seed, food and nutritionally secure.
UHC2030 - Results from the 2016 Monitoring Round
The 2016 monitoring round tracked eight effective development cooperation practices in the health sector using indicators for both governments and development partners.