Technical Depth
We do the hard analytical work — facility costing, resource envelope analysis, workforce modelling — that turns reform ambitions into investable plans.
Engage UsSpecialist Health Systems AdvisoryEvidence and technical
Evidence and technical
execution for stronger
African health systems.
DPDAFRICA generates the analytics, costing evidence, and institutional knowledge that governments and development partners need to finance, staff, and organize health systems that work.
15+Clients & counting
3Countries active
150+Years combined expertise
About DPDAFRICABuilt from inside
Built from inside
the system
DPDAFRICA is a specialist health systems advisory firm working with governments, development partners, and the private sector to generate the evidence and analytics that drive how health systems in Africa are financed, staffed, and organized.
We bring deep technical capability in health financing, costing, workforce strategy, and service delivery design — areas where rigorous analysis must meet local political and institutional realities to drive reform.
Contextual Proximity
African-founded and Abuja-based. We understand the political economy of subnational health reform because we operate inside it.
Evidence as an Operating Standard
Every recommendation traces to data, research, or field-tested experience. No output is produced from assumptions alone.
Scalable & Fast
A lean core of senior technical leaders supported by an on-demand expert network — mobilizing multi-state teams in weeks, not months.
Core technical domains
What we deliver
Our work is structured around the analytical and institutional challenges our clients actually face — not generic service categories. Every domain is led by practitioners with direct experience inside African health systems.
Health Financing & Costing
PHC facility costing, unit cost analysis, resource envelope construction, fiscal space assessment, health insurance scheme design, benefits package costing, and public financial management analytics.
PHC CostingResource EnvelopesFiscal SpaceBHCPF
Workforce Strategy
Health workforce optimization, HRH effort indexing, staff time and patient flow analysis, workforce deployment models, cadre-level productivity measurement, and peer-to-peer performance systems.
HRHPFAWorkforce PlanningStaffing Norms
Service Delivery Design
PHC service delivery models, hub-and-spoke network design, facility archetype classification, readiness assessment, supply chain strengthening, and performance improvement frameworks.
PHC ModelsArchetypesSupply ChainQI
Implementation Research
Mixed-methods implementation research, M&E framework design, theory of change development, landscape and maturity assessments, and policy-relevant evidence generation.
M&EMixed MethodsEvidence Synthesis
Digital Health & Health Informatics
Digital health maturity assessments, telemedicine landscape analysis, health information system design, and technology-enabled service delivery solutions.
Digital HealthHMISTelemedicine
Strategic Advisory
Organizational strategy development, health sector governance reform, institutional capacity assessment, and policy advocacy support for health systems actors.
StrategyGovernancePolicy
How we workChoose the right
Choose the right
engagement model
We don't apply a single delivery model to every mandate. Depending on your context, timeline, and internal capacity — we operate as remote advisors, an embedded team within your institution, or a full implementation partner.
All models available standalone or combined.
NDA available upon request.
Executive response within 48 hours.
NDA available upon request.
Executive response within 48 hours.
Offsite Technical Advisory
Structured technical advisory for organisations with internal execution capacity that need specialist input on strategy, financing, research design, or methodology.
- Technical strategy and policy design
- Evidence reviews and rapid assessments
- Peer review of proposals and frameworks
- Desk-based costing and feasibility analysis
Embedded Technical Assistance
Senior technical leaders deployed directly within government agencies, donor programme units, or implementing partners — working inside the system to drive reform from within.
- Embedded health systems or financing advisor
- Seconded technical expert for programme cycles
- Institutional strengthening and capacity transfer
- Sustained governance and accountability presence
End-to-End Programme Delivery
DPDAFRICA takes primary accountability for study or programme delivery — designing, staffing, and executing with full technical and operational ownership.
- Multi-state study design and field coordination
- Financial management and donor compliance
- Stakeholder engagement and government liaison
- Results reporting and adaptive management
Track recordEngagements that define
Engagements that define
our calibre
Named engagements with real clients. No anonymous placeholders.
PHC Costing & Health System Design Analytics
Lead implementing organisation. 160-facility costing study integrating facility-level costing (7 cost ingredients, 3 costing approaches), staff time patient flow analysis for 48 PHC service codes, and multi-source resource envelope analysis. Outputs feed the Gates Foundation 2026 Strategy Review and IDM optimization modelling.
MNH Service Bundle Costing
Derived unit cost estimates for maturity-adjusted maternal and newborn health service bundles. Modelled programme-level costs for deploying TA to layer high-impact interventions on the group ANC model.
Willingness & Ability to Pay for Health Insurance
Cross-sectional WTP study across 9 LGAs, 420 household heads surveyed. Produced evidence-based strategies for premium design and enrollment expansion under the Ulerawa scheme.
ULERAWA Health Insurance Scheme Expansion
One-year embedded TA expanding the scheme from 5 LGAs to 171 PHCs. Baseline assessment, process re-engineering, SOP development, performance management dashboard, and inter-LGA mentorship model design.
Subnational HRH Effort Assessment
WHO HRH Effort Index methodology across all 36 Nigerian states. 45-indicator survey, 400+ stakeholder roundtable participants, composite performance rankings. Recommendations approved at National Council on Health 2023.
MCH Supply Chain M&E Framework
Developed comprehensive M&E framework, evaluation strategy, and results tracker for a multi-state supply chain strengthening intervention focused on last-mile commodity availability in PHC facilities.
Telemedicine Landscape Analysis
Mapped stakeholders, assessed regulatory frameworks, evaluated telemedicine platforms, and produced market entry strategies using the Edmunds Telehealth Framework.
Digital Health Maturity Assessment
Situation analysis and maturity assessment of the digital health ecosystem across 10 Nigerian states. Tiered maturity spectrum, state rankings, and investment planning roadmap.
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We engage with governments, development partners, and implementing organisations on complex health systems mandates. Executive response within 48 hours.