• Client : COTA
• Funding : ENABEL

Oeconomia contributed to the mid-term evaluation of the Health System Support Project (PASS) financed and implemented by the Belgian cooperation (ENABEL) in Niger. The objective of this project is to strengthen the health system of Niger through actions aimed at improving access and quality of primary health care for the benefit of the populations of the targeted health districts.

Conducted on behalf of the organization COTA Asbl, the expertise mobilized by Oeconomia focused on the Results-Based Financing (RBF) component of the project and more generally on how it contributes to the process of setting up a health insurance system at the departmental level. To do so, a theory-based evaluation approach was used.

• Client : Swiss Red Cross

The Swiss Red Cross (SRC) has been active in the field of eye health in Togo since 2003. In a country where more than 60% of the population lives below the poverty line, a major strategic focus of the first Eye Health Project set up in the Central and Plateaux regions was the subsidization of cataract surgeries through the provision of inputs. Following the recommendations of the final evaluation of this initial intervention, the CRS wished to review its strategy by switching to a system of Results-Based Financing (RBF) and more specifically a health vouchers more specifically in order to reduce financial barriers and increase access to cataract surgical services.

Our consulting firm was recruited to provide technical support to the CRS country team in relation to (i) conducting a feasibility study, (ii) project formulation , (iii) implementation and (iv) evaluation of a Cataract Voucher pilot project in two health districts in the Plateaux region.

• Client : HERA
• Funding : Global Fund

Oeconomia is conducting an anti-malaria product distribution study in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on behalf of the consultancy firm hera. The overall objective is the integration of the Global Fund anti-malaria product procurement within the national system in Nord-Kivu and Maniema provinces. The study includes (amongst other things) a cost analysis of the services of central medical stores and a proposition for an integrated procurement model (based on a proposed economic model). The study ultimately proposes an implementation plan for the transfer of activities and responsibilities from the GF to the national system and stakeholders.