Health Systems Strengthening
We partner with health ministries, global health funds, and bilateral donors to revitalize primary health care (PHC) networks, strengthen pharmaceutical supply chain fiduciary oversight, deploy digital health MIS, and independently verify clinical maternal and child health outcomes.
Navigating the implementation reality in Africa
Across Africa’s development landscape, ambitious strategies frequently encounter execution friction — fiduciary complexity, inter-agency coordination hurdles, community safeguards requirements, and baseline measurement gaps. FSM delivers targeted technical leadership to overcome these bottlenecks.
Health Systems
Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) requires overcoming chronic bottlenecks in facility readiness, medical commodity stockouts, fragmented health financing, and human resource retention in underserved communities. FSM acts as an agile implementation and verification partner to ensure every healthcare dollar translates into saved lives.
Core focus areas
Our capabilities address the complete project lifecycle, from diagnostic and readiness (D-Ready) through to execution acceleration and independent verification.
Primary Health Care (PHC) Revitalization
Strengthening basic healthcare provisioning through facility readiness assessments, ward-level health governance, and emergency obstetric care protocols.
- •Ward health development committee diagnostics
- •Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) compliance
- •Clinical equipment verification
Medical Supply Chain & Cold Chain Assurance
Establishing end-to-end fiduciary traceability, temperature-controlled logistics verification, and inventory control systems for vaccines and essential medicines.
- •Last-mile cold chain monitoring
- •Pharmaceutical warehouse audits
- •Anti-leakage distribution protocols
Health Financing & PFM for Health
Designing sustainable subnational health insurance schemes, equity-driven resource allocation formulas, and performance-based financing mechanisms.
- •State health insurance enrollment verification
- •Facility capitation fund audits
- •Financial reporting transparency
Digital Health & Epidemic Surveillance
Deploying interoperable electronic medical records (EMR), disease surveillance dashboards, and community health worker mobile reporting tools.
- •DHIS2 integration and data quality audits
- •Early outbreak alert systems
- •Mobile biometric patient registries
Specialized interventions
Independent Verification Agent (IVA) for health Disbursement-Linked Results (DLRs)
Comprehensive Primary Health Care facility readiness surveys and spatial gap analysis
Fiduciary oversight of donor commodity procurement and logistics distribution networks
Results Delivery Unit (RDU) setup for State Ministries of Health leadership
Beneficiary feedback and community scorecards on primary clinic service quality
Environmental management plans for medical waste disposal and solarization of PHCs
Deployed technical specialists
Aligned practice areas
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Social Protection
Strengthening adaptive safety nets, transparent cash transfers, and unified social registries.
Women's Economic Empowerment
Closing the economic gender gap, scaling female enterprise, and institutionalizing GESI safeguards.
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Sustainable municipal water utilities, rural borehole networks, and community-led total sanitation.
Partner with Africa’s development delivery specialists.
Whether structuring an independent verification protocol (IVA), deploying specialized technical assistance, or accelerating implementation across Nigerian states and African corridors, our partners are ready to assist.