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HEART is a consortium of leading organisations offering short-term technical support, including reviews and evaluations, strategy think-pieces, specialist reports and programme design. Wherever possible, we make assignment reports available on our website.

Please email [email protected] for more information on how to access these services or if you are a consultant and would like to add your CV to our database.

Nutrition
Cost Effectiveness of the WINNN Programme – summary report: ORIE
Assignment
August 1, 2017

This report presents the findings of the cost-effectiveness of the IYCF and CMAM interventions supported by the WINNN programme. Cost-effectiveness is evaluated over the duration of the programme both from a health service and a societal perspective using incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) calculated for two outcome measures – disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and lives saved…. Read more

Nutrition
Cost Effectiveness of the WINNN Programme: ORIE
Assignment
August 1, 2017

This report presents the findings of the cost-effectiveness of the IYCF and CMAM interventions supported by the WINNN programme. Cost-effectiveness is evaluated over the duration of the programme both from a health service and a societal perspective using incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICER) calculated for two outcome measures – disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and lives saved…. Read more

Nutrition
ORIE Nutrition research capacity-building workstream
Assignment
August 1, 2017

The Operations Research and Impact Evaluation (ORIE) project, led by Oxford Policy Management, has contributed for the past five years to inform nutrition research and the policy debates in Nigeria and beyond. ORIE provided operations research, impact evaluations, costing and cost effectiveness studies for the ambitious £52 million, six-year, Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Working… Read more

Nutrition
Nutritional Status in Northern Nigeria, Prevalence and Determinants: A Review of Evidence prepared for the ORIE Component of the WINNN Programme
Assignment
July 27, 2017

The Operations Research and Impact Evaluation (ORIE) project, led by Oxford Policy Management, has contributed for the past five years to inform nutrition research and the policy debates in Nigeria and beyond. ORIE provided operations research, impact evaluations, costing and cost effectiveness studies for the ambitious £52 million, six-year, Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Working… Read more

Health
Independent Evaluation of the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Kenya – Formative Evaluation Findings
Assignment
July 12, 2017

The Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Programme (MNH Programme) in Kenya aims to reduce delays in mothers and newborns receiving good maternity care. The three main problems the programme seeks to address are: 1) delay in decision to seek care; 2) delay in reaching care; and 3) delay in receiving care. The midterm evaluation… Read more

evaluation, Kenya, Kenya MNH evaluation, MNH
Health
Independent Evaluation of the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Kenya Programme – Project Overview
Assignment
July 12, 2017

The Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Kenya programme supports a range of interventions to improve maternal and neonatal health (MNH) including training of health workers, health systems strengthening, community mobilisation, and demand generation. It is implemented in six counties with different sociodemographic contexts. A formal evaluation has been contracted with four components: 1)… Read more

evaluation, Kenya, Kenya MNH evaluation, MNH
Education
Assessment of literacy and foundational learning in developing countries
Assignment
June 4, 2017

This review examines the quality and range of tools used to measure literacy and foundational learning in developing countries. It covers the assessment of language and literacy skills in children from age 3 to 14 and includes assessment tools from studies published between 1990 and 2014, rated as ‘Moderate’ or ‘High’ in methodological quality. There… Read more

assessment
Education
Education technology map: guidance document
Assignment
April 5, 2017

This report serves as a user guide for a mapping exercise of research on the use of technology in low-resource environments. It should be read in conjunction with the map itself: an excel sheet titled ‘Education technology evidence database’. The map and user guide are intended to be resources for all those in the sector… Read more

education technology, evidence, evidence map
Health
Fiscal space analysis in Sierra Leone: the free health care initiative and universal health coverage
Assignment
October 17, 2016

This brief highlights how Sierra Leone can improve the sustainability of the free health care initiative (FHCI) financing, lower household out-of-pocket (OOP) payments on health care, and decrease its dependence on donors. A secondary analysis provides insights into how Sierra Leone could work towards achieving its longer-term health goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). If… Read more

free healthcare, health financing, maternal and child health, Sierra Leone, universal health coverage
Health
Monitoring and evaluation in Sierra Leone’s health sector
Assignment
October 17, 2016

As part of the review of Sierra Leone’s Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI), researchers assessed its monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system, strengths and weaknesses, and the changes that took place as a result of the FHCI. This brief notes that a strong M&E system is crucial to help improve performance and achieve results. Several key… Read more

free healthcare, maternal and child health, Sierra Leone, universal health coverage
Health
The free health care initiative (FHCI) in Sierra Leone: real gains for mothers and young children
Assignment
October 17, 2016

In 2010, the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI) abolished health user fees for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five. This was a response to very high mortality and morbidity levels among mothers and children and reports that financial costs were a major barrier to health service uptake and use by these groups. This… Read more

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