Global health
Reduced poverty, improved access to healthcare, stronger social infrastructure, better sanitation and changing lifestyle behaviours have increased life expectancy around the globe.
Advances in medicine and technology mean more people are accessing healthcare services and for longer. The range of diseases that can be treated is increasing, while how and where treatment can be provided is ever changing.
However, these advances come with challenges, as healthcare systems must respond to change and meet citizens’ growing needs and expectations in ways that are financially and clinically sustainable.
We recognise these evolving challenges and successfully work with governments and healthcare providers across the world to develop innovative and ambitious solutions. Our global healthcare expertise means we can provide support across the entire spectrum of healthcare, from design, planning and delivery to evaluation and monitoring.
What can we do for you?
Our multidisciplinary breadth and depth extends across social infrastructure, the built environment, water and environmental planning, meaning that we can give truly holistic advice and technical support in addressing health challenges.
We work internationally but operate very much as one company, and we have a long record of helping clients worldwide by transferring best practice and innovation developed and proven in other parts of the world. Our project work is supported by strong systems for knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
We have over three decades’ experience working with governments to improve health systems worldwide.
Our global health portfolio encompasses:
- Health systems strengthening, including economics, policy, planning and financing
- Maternal, neonatal and child health
- Public health, including communicable and non-communicable diseases
- Global health security
- Nutrition
- Healthcare buildings and infrastructure
Food fortification programme, Pakistan. We managed this five-year food fortification programme to increase production and access to wheat flour fortified with iron and folic acid, and edible oils fortified with vitamin A.
Engineering resilient global health systems
Our experience
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Dengue fever control, South East AsiaWe piloted a project that used guppy fish in household water jars to consume the larvae of the mosquito that transmits dengue fever. This biological intervention was backed up by community education and communications on how to use guppies to prevent the spread of dengue. The project achieved an 80% potential reduction in dengue infections.
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Fleming Fund, internationallyBetter intelligence is urgently needed to strengthen the global response to antimicrobial resistance. This is especially important in low and middle income countries, where people are most vulnerable to the impact of drug resistant infections. As a response, the UK government announced the Fleming Fund in 2015, and in 2016 the fund launched the Country Grant, Regional Grant and Fellowships programme, designed and managed by us. As programme manager, by 2024 we were managing 22 country and 11 regional grants, had gathered data from 155 countries and supported the development of 170 national action plans.
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Food fortification programme, PakistanAs many as 37.5M people in Pakistan do not receive proper nourishment; each year 250,000 children die without having reached their fifth birthday, due to factors related to malnutrition. We managed this five-year food fortification programme to increase production and access to wheat flour fortified with iron and folic acid, and edible oils fortified with vitamin A. The programme worked with 1000 wheat mills and 100 oil mills, focusing on quality control, regulatory compliance, testing, storage, distribution and affordability.
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Technical resource facility, PakistanWe managed this long-term programme to deliver high quality maternal and child health services. In our role, we developed a roadmap for the rollout of healthcare, enabling health departments to plan, allocate resources, track where and when interventions have taken place, and monitor the impacts on children’s and women’s health.
