Insight to Impact
Hegel Consultancy provides research, advisory and evaluation services to governments, development partners and universities.
Its work draws on the team’s roles in programmes funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), GIZ, NIHR, UKRI, the World Health Organization, the ICRC, KfW and UNICEF.
Services
- Research consultancy
- Advisory services for governments and development partners
- Health systems strengthening and health financing
- Health security and IHR (2005) governance
- Policy and curriculum design
- Monitoring and evaluation (M&E)

Selected portfolio
The assignments below were delivered by members of The Hegels team. Values are programme or grant totals, not fees received.
Consultancy and advisory
| Assignment | Funder / client | Role | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Health Regulations (2005) governance frameworks and public health law revision | FCDO (Evidence for Health programme) | Team Lead | Provincial and system-wide |
| Outbreak Simulation Exercises (SimEx) for preparedness and response | FCDO (Evidence for Health programme) | Team Lead | System-wide |
| Integrated Social Protection Development Programme: health, nutrition and education | Asian Development Bank | Health Systems Specialist | USD 500 million programme |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Systems Strengthening Programme | Asian Development Bank | Health Systems Specialist | USD 100 million programme |
| Pandemic and disaster risk financing readiness assessment | Asian Development Bank | Insurance and Risk Financing Specialist | National |
| E-learning system for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) | UK Health Security Agency | LMS Consultant | National |
| Social health protection and UHC: implementation support, capacity building and insurance analytics | GIZ | Consultant | National |
Research and evaluation
| Assignment | Funder / client | Role | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPiRiT-D: process evaluation of collaborative care for depression in primary care | NIHR (University of York and Aga Khan University) | Process Evaluation Lead | Cluster randomised trial |
| Tobacco Control Policies and the Health of Adolescents in Pakistan (TAP) | UKRI / MRC (University of York) | Postdoctoral Fellow | National survey of 14,232 children |
| Evaluation of social health protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | KfW / BMZ, with Heidelberg University and FAU | Consortium partner (ICU Healthcare) | EUR 700,000 programme |
| Telemedicine for pregnant and lactating women during COVID-19 | UNICEF | Implementing counterpart (Public Health Association) | USD 160,000 grant |
| Feasibility of integrating rehabilitation into social health protection | ICRC | Principal Investigator | USD 36,000 grant |
| Polio vaccine hesitancy; immunisation equity in Balochistan; inpatient insurance models | WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research | Principal Investigator | Three grants of USD 20,000 each |