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HEREG enlightens public on efforts to improve lives of African people.

2019-12-09

No: 460

HEREG enlightens public on efforts to improve lives of African people

By Sandra Fomuso.

A non-governmental organisation dubbed, Health Economics Research $ Policy and Evaluation for Development Results, HEREG has organised a 2- day serminar in Yaounde to enlighten the general public on its mission and activities.

HEREG has as goal to improve the quality of living of the African people through the promotion and use of operational research, follow up and evaluation, notably in the health sector.

The serminar that was initiated by a group of young HEREG members at their headquarters in Ngousso on Wednesday November 27 and 28, was equally aimed at sensitising people around the world, on HEREG’s activities, and transmit the results of their research to management for good decision making.

According to one of HEREG’s members, Alfred Young, the organisation seeks to strengthen the capacity of national experts in the design, planning and implementation of operational research and monitoring evaluations of health sector policies, programs and projects in accordance with universally accepted and recognized professional standards and methods.

Since its creation in 2006, Hereg has embarked on a plethora of operational research and the evaluation of projects in the health sector as well as organised workshops, training serminars, Alfred young said.

HEREG’s activities centre mostly on monitoring, evaluation and implementation of projects. Some of them are; the project of the count down in the South West and North West region on neglected tropical diseases, realised by HEREG in partnership with another organisation. HEREG has also carried out a mid-term evaluation of the ministry of public health, UNFPA and UNICEF in the East region of Cameroon and PBF performance base financing. Hereg is also in partnership with one project with the University of California, on the fortification of vitamin A, amongst other projects, he said.

Meanwhile, at the international level HEREG has succeeded to carry out certain projects in Madagascar, Senegal as well as assisting in some projects under the IFODI project financed by the United State Agency for International Development in Ghana and in Nigeria.

HEREG has as vision to be an excellent operational and reference centre in matters of operational research, follow-up and evaluation.

Meanwhile, projects which are already on the pipeline have to do with the Operational research project and evaluation of the universal health coverage system; the ten proposals for successful CSU in Cameroon. In addition, the Technical assistance for the evaluation of performance and impact of public health programs is also underway in Cameroon.

It was also echoed during the seminar that the NGO is conducting a three performance evaluation and impact assessment program for the ministries of health and their technical and financial partners in Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, amongst others.

HEREG has been working in partnership with the ministries of public health; economy, planning and regional development and of social affairs, as well the World Bank, UNICEF, Plan international.

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HEREG enlightens public on efforts to improve lives of African people.