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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.

Health
Sierra Leone’s free health care initiative: financing implications
Assignment
October 17, 2016

In 2010, the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) took steps towards establishing the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI). At its core, this was the removal of user fees (on drugs and consultations) for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five. This brief is based on an independent review of FHCI completed in 2016, which looked… Read more

free healthcare, maternal and child health, Sierra Leone, universal health coverage
Education
Uganda’s assessment system: a road-map for enhancing assessment in education
Assignment
October 10, 2016

Assessment in education in Uganda takes many forms: for example, the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) and Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations, the National Assessment of Progress in Education (NAPE) and other system-wide tests, practice examinations used in schools, formal and informal classroom assessment. Uganda’s assessment system is a complex and interconnected web of all… Read more

assessment, quality assessment, Uganda
Education
Lessons learned from introducing value added performance measures in Uganda: DFID think piece
Assignment
September 12, 2016

A school’s success in promoting learning is often measured in terms of the examination results of the students. Value added measures are designed to account for the ability of a school’s intake to provide a fairer and more accurate indication of performance. They are being increasingly used to provide more accurate data about the quality… Read more

Education, Educational Performance, Learning, Uganda
Nutrition
Narrative report to accompany the 2016 annual review of the Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) programme
Assignment
July 11, 2016

This Narrative Report has been written to accompany the 2016 Annual Review of the Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) programme. The WINNN programme aims to deliver evidence-based, cost effective interventions in five northern states in Nigeria: Zamfara, Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa, and Yobe, while improving government capacity, leadership, and financial commitment in relation… Read more

child and maternal nutrition, Malnutrition, Nigeria, Nutrition, Stunting, WINNN
Nutrition
Water and Sanitation
Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) Annual Review – summary sheet
Assignment
July 11, 2016

The Working to Improve Nutrition in Northern Nigeria (WINNN) programme continues to be successful achieving most of its objectives, is well managed and year on year is improving its effectiveness and increasing its reach. This summary sheet captures the headlines on programme performance, agreed actions and learning over the course of the review period. Summary… Read more

Nigeria, Nutrition, WASH, WINNN
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
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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
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