Health
We work to strengthen health systems and global health security, including the fight against global pandemics and to eliminate neglected tropical diseases. We work with global health organisations as a partner and critical friend, so that they can improve their impact and outcomes of their programmes.
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Equity is not an add-on: what Wellcome’s new strategy means for global health research
As Wellcome marks 90 years of supporting health research, its new 2032 strategy puts equity at the heart of future progress....
Ten years of evidence and learning: strengthening the global response to antimicrobial resistance
Over a decade, Itad’s independent evaluation of the £498 million Fleming Fund helped shape one of the world’s largest...
What turns a learning event into a catalyst for adaptive management?
Learning events are most valuable when they influence what happens next. This blog explores the ingredients that turn learning...
Measuring cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit in systems-strengthening health programmes
Traditional economic evaluations in health focus on cost per client, but for systems‑level programmes that only tells...
New evaluation shows The Challenge Initiative’s ‘business unusual’ model boosts urban family planning at scale
A major independent evaluation by Itad has found that The Challenge Initiative’s (TCI’s) locally led...
Making routine data work for impact evaluation
Can Health Management Information System (HMIS) data be used to demonstrate the impact of family planning programmes? And, if...
WEBINAR: An independent evaluation of The Challenge Initiative’s family planning platform: results on impact, sustainability and value
New Itad paper finds evidence of Fleming Fund impact
A new article by the Itad team finds evidence of the Fleming Fund’s impact and highlights the shifting role of country...
What comes next for global health?
Global health systems are at breaking point. We highlight lessons for what comes next, sharing insights from our recent global...
Global health after the breakpoint: Evidence for what comes next
In this webinar, keynote speaker John-Arne Røttingen (CEO at Wellcome) joins leading voices in global health for an...
Join us at the International Conference on Family Planning 2025
We're at the ICFP next week in Bogotá, Colombia, sharing insights from our recent work evaluating sexual and reproductive...
ASEAN-UK Health Security Partnership
We lead monitoring, evaluation, and learning to prevent and respond to health threats and improve equitable healthcare access...
Putting evidence and learning at the heart of Africa’s health security
The first Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme 2 (TDDAP2) learning event in Nairobi united partners to review...
Supporting learning on climate and health intersections
We are evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of the Wellcome Trust’s Climate Impacts Awards, a scheme aimed at...
How to optimise global health initiatives
Rethinking the global health ecosystem to achieve universal health coverage - lessons from our evaluation of the Future of...
Evaluation of Future of Global Health Initiatives process
We assessed the Future of Global Health Initiatives process to generate learning and reflection needed to reinvigorate the...