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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 consultancy@heart-resources.org 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.

Education
Strengthening examinations and assessment in Uganda: a roadmap – inception report
Assignment
June 24, 2016

Improving student learning outcomes is one of the top priorities for the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology & Sports (MOESTS). Valid and reliable measures of the quality and distribution of student learning outcomes are essential components in the drive for improved education quality. However, improved learning achievement depends not only on the resources invested in… Read more

education policy, quality assessment, teaching practices, Uganda
Education
Gender
Social Protection
Literature review: higher education and development
Assignment
June 17, 2016

Research focusing on the links between education, development and social change has a long history; this includes research on higher education investment in low-income countries by external and international development agencies. Analysis of the impact on society of higher education in developing countries emerged alongside post-colonial discourses and modernisation theories. Research generally focused on how… Read more

access to higher education, gender and education, Higher Education, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals
Nutrition
How to motivate and support improved practices in Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) in Northern Nigeria
Assignment
May 12, 2016

This briefing outlines findings from operations research to support the refinement of the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) strategy implemented by the Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) programme. Key research findings include: The concept of food groups, the unique benefits of feeding foods from each food group and the classification of foods into specific food groups is… Read more

infant feeding, Nigeria, WINNN
Education
The impact of assessment results on education policy and practice in East Africa
Assignment
April 22, 2016

This paper reviews the evidence on the impact of learning assessments on education policy and teaching practice across East Africa. The study focuses principally on Uganda, and then considers the experience in Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda to highlight common issues and suggest examples of best practice. It particularly examines national examinations at primary and secondary… Read more

East Africa, education policy, Learning assessments, teaching practices
Nutrition
Researchers from Jos University receive grant for research on long-term outcomes following treatment in a Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme
Assignment
April 22, 2016

In March 2016, researchers from the University of Jos were awarded a grant for a new research project to study long-term outcomes following treatment in a Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme in Jigawa State. The grant was awarded by ORIE (Operations Research and Impact Evaluation). Every year about one million children under five years of age die in Nigeria. Malnutrition contributes to… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Severe Acute Malnutrition, WINNN
Education
Study of non-state provision of education in Maputo
Assignment
April 20, 2016

This study presents results of a census of non-state schools in two low-income areas of Maputo, Mozambique. Non-state schools include purely private, community, and church mission-supported schools some of which receive government support in the form of deployment of civil service teachers. The study finds that the only notable growth of the private sector is… Read more

non-state education, Private Education, Private Schools
Health
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A team led by Dr Garba M Ashir of the University of Maiduguri receives grant for research to understand the low utilisation of nutrition services in Yobe state
Assignment
April 18, 2016

In January 2016, a team led by Dr Garba M. Ashir of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital received a grant for new research to understand the demand-side barriers which prevent mothers with young children from accessing nutritional services. The grant was awarded by Operations Research and Impact Evaluation (ORIE), a DFID-funded consortium of UK and Nigerian organisations. The project will generate valuable research findings… Read more

Feeding, Maternal Child and Newborn Health, Nigeria, nutrition-specific interventions, WINNN
Nutrition
Report of the ORIE research dissemination and stakeholder engagement event, March 2016
Assignment
April 8, 2016

On 1st and 2nd March 2016, over 150 stakeholders met in Abuja to discuss how to tackle undernutrition in Northern Nigeria, including staff from State and Federal Government, international development partners, civil society organisations and academic institutions. The meeting was convened in Abuja in partnership with the Federal Ministry for Budget and National Planning, the… Read more

Nigeria, undernutrition, WINNN
Nutrition
Improving nutrition in Zamfara
Assignment
March 7, 2016

This briefing is based on the 2014 evaluation of nutrition work supported by Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) in Zamfara, as well as ORIE research in 2015. Interviewees included political leaders and government officials, development partners, health workers, community volunteers, traditional leaders, civil society and community members. Key evaluation findings include: The community management of acute malnutrition… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, WINNN
Nutrition
Improving nutrition in Katsina
Assignment
March 7, 2016

This briefing is based on the 2014 evaluation of nutrition work supported by Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) in Katsina, as well as ORIE research in 2015. Interviewees included political leaders and government officials, development partners, health workers, community volunteers, traditional leaders, civil society and community members. Key evaluation findings include: The community management of acute malnutrition… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, WINNN
Nutrition
Improving nutrition in Kebbi
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March 7, 2016

This briefing is based on the 2014 evaluation of nutrition work supported by Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) in Kebbi, as well as ORIE research in 2015. Interviewees included political leaders and government officials, development partners, health workers, community volunteers, traditional leaders, civil society and community members. Key evaluation findings include: The community management of acute… Read more

Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, WINNN
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