hera - right to health and development

hera is committed to the right to health and development for all

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What we do

At hera, our international, multidisciplinary team is comprised of highly skilled professionals with extensive expertise in health and development research, program implementation, strategy development, monitoring, evaluation, and policy formulation.

Our core competencies encompass a wide range of areas in the health and development sector, with a special focus on monitoring and evaluation.

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Dive deeper into our most recent initiatives across the foundational pillars of Health, Development, and Human Rights, as illuminated in our latest blog entries.

Health

We focus on a wide range of health issues, from policy and economics to research and development. This includes exploring how healthcare is delivered, funded, and researched, along with the workforce that makes it all happen.

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We champion sustainable development initiatives. This means we work on issues like access to clean water and sanitation, quality education, and the effects of climate change. We also focus on fostering strong communities and effective partnerships to achieve these goals.

Development

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Human rights

hera promotes human rights by advocating for equality and social protections, particularly for vulnerable groups. This includes ensuring access to healthcare and development opportunities. Our rights-based approach emphasizes that these are not just privileges, but fundamental rights for all.

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Our clients

Since our start over thirty years ago, we have worked in more than 100 countries on more than 700 projects. hera has provided consultancy services to clients from the public and private sectors at local, national and international levels.

Some of the clients we regularly work for include:

AFD
DANIDA
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs SDC
Enabel
European Commission
FCDO
GAVI

Global Affairs Canada
Global Fund
KfW
Médécins sans Frontières
Norad
Plan International
SIDA
UNFPA

UNDP
UNICEF
UNOPS
UN Women
WFP
the WHO
the World Bank

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Building a foundation for gender and social inclusion in Mozambique’s public works sector

Gender and social inclusion are vital pillars for sustainable development, especially in public infrastructure projects that have far-reaching impacts on communities. Recognizing this, the Ministry of Public Works in Mozambique embarked on an ambitious mission to develop a Gender and Social Inclusion Strategy aimed at fostering equality and reducing harm within the sector. hera aided in the development of the sector’s gender strategy, and the supporting action plan to implement it.