Our Approach
Sustainable country support must enable self-reliance. AHADI will work for countries in their journey to using data and analytics for effective health priority-setting as they strive to develop strong systems that are continuously learning, adapting, innovating, and ultimately delivering high impact.
We work with countries to rigorously assess their own needs in data and analytics. Then we work with them to bridge the gaps. As we help countries implement their programs of work, we are intentional about strengthening individual and institutional capacity in data and health analytics. We consider this a primary measure of our success.
Moving away from processes of misalignment, exclusion, and dependency
to
a different approach aligned with the principles and values of AHADI – a cycle of country agency, systems thinking, evidence-informed priority-setting, and institutional capacity
Self-reliance
System integration &
sustainable self-reliance
Local talent is now in place for all core future analyses and implementation. Relevant partner mentorship is established.
Impact
Results reviewed
Government leads review process. Impact, scalability, and systemic space are integral to discussions.
Delivery
Program of work implemented
Government leads implementation through capacitated local systems and talent. Partners complement through shared delivery.
Country Agency
Country leads priority-setting process
National team is established under country leadership with stakeholders’ participation. Analysis scope and data needs are defined.
Systems Thinking
Team uses a systemic analysis approach to set priorities
Situation analysis is implemented with a systemic lens.
Priority-setting
Program of work
is designed
Government leads development of health strategies. Partners are involved and support is aligned with national priorities. Resources for sustainable capacity development are included when prioritizing.
Our Guiding Principles
Country agency
We are intentional in accepting that we don’t make decisions for countries. Instead, we work for and with them. We also learn from and with them, as they lead the way to delivering health solutions.
Purposeful analytics
We believe that robust public health analytics that support locally relevant decisions is the foundation of adaptive health systems, improved service delivery and innovation. We will serve countries and their populations to determine their priority areas and use public health analytics to address their health needs.
Systems thinking
We recognize that working through the complexity of public health requires a deft balance between broader dynamics and specific challenges. We believe single-issue pathways to problem-solving obscure important factors that ultimately define performance and impact. We are therefore committed to addressing important public health questions through multi-disciplinary and systems thinking analytics.
Community
“A single finger doesn’t wash a face.” There is no single entity that can meet the entire public health needs of any country. Through our analytics-driven approach we will ensure that countries’ needs are clearly defined and visible to all stakeholders for the most effective and efficient support. Facilitating collaboration, rather than competition, is our ultimate imperative.
Self-reliance
If knowledge illuminates, then “the sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who sit in their shadow.” Meaningful support must help countries rise out of this shadow and stand unaided. To support countries' journey to self-reliance, we develop sustainable capacities as a core deliverable in each of our initiatives. Delivering capacity is one of our key performance metrics.
Thinking ahead
We believe that continuously changing societies require adaptive health systems. We recognize that health is not a function of health systems alone and that the environment, politics, economics and other social factors also play an important contributing role. Our aim is to innovate with countries, using data and analytics to provide the strategic foresight that will equip health systems to respond to the needs of the future.
Our Values
Do the right things in the right way
Never settle for what’s easy over what’s right
Accept that we don't make decisions for countries, but work to serve them
Strengthen local capacity to build self-reliance
Recognize that big health problems are complex and practice systems thinking to solve them
Let the data and evidence inform
Continue to learn in order to grow and innovate
Join us on the journey to self-reliance
We're working to strengthen self-reliance in the practice of evidence-informed health priority-setting.
