Strengthening access to reproductive health commodities: hera’s evaluation of the Best Practices Grant 
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Strengthening access to reproductive health commodities: hera’s evaluation of the Best Practices Grant 

From 2020 to 2025, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), with funding from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), led a programme entitled “Establishing Best Practices for Government-Led Product Introductions” (referred to as the Best Practices Grant)—an ambitious £40 million initiative aimed at improving access to Reproductive Health (RH) commodities across several low- and middle-income countries.

hera was contracted by CHAI to conduct the final external evaluation of the BPG, with a mandate to capture lessons, assess results, and generate insights to inform both the FCDO’s final Programme Completion Review and future investments in RH market shaping. 

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Delivering on equity and impact: Reflections on six years of supporting family planning in Kenya 
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Delivering on equity and impact: Reflections on six years of supporting family planning in Kenya 

Since 2020, the hera consortium—comprised of hera, the International Centre for Reproductive Health-Kenya (ICRH-K), and the Aga Khan University (AKU)—has had the privilege of walking alongside the DESIP programme (Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning) in Kenya as an independent monitoring and evaluation partner. Appointed by FCDO during the early days of DESIP’s rollout, our role has been to provide third-party monitoring, process evaluation, and facilitate learning throughout the life of the programme.

Now, as DESIP concludes its six-year journey, we’re proud to reflect on what this partnership has achieved—and what it has taught us.

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Bridging health system gaps: Key findings from Kenya’s Gavi HSS Evaluation
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Bridging health system gaps: Key findings from Kenya’s Gavi HSS Evaluation

In recent years, Kenya has made significant strides in reducing childhood morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases. A key contributor to this progress has been the Gavi Health System Strengthening (HSS) support grant, which aimed to enhance immunization systems across the country. In 2024, hera, in collaboration with ICRH-Kenya, was commissioned by UNICEF to conduct a summative evaluation of the Gavi HSS programme to assess its relevance, effectiveness, and impact. 

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