Strengthening demography and health systems with evidence

Demography, epidemiological surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, bio-behavioural research and programme evaluation, at the heart of CRAD's historical expertise.

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The sector

Health decisions demand reliable data

Population dynamics, HIV, malaria, nutrition, maternal health, family planning: demography and health programmes mobilise significant funding and require rigorous tracking of indicators and impact.

Born out of CEFORP at the University of Abomey-Calavi, CRAD brings together demographers and statisticians fluent in large-scale surveys (DHS, MICS) and censuses. From family planning (a national study of 1,400 young people) to HIV (Mali, Global Fund) and malaria (the Impact Malaria project, 4 countries), health and demography are CRAD's founding field, a trusted partner of the Global Fund, ENABEL, UNICEF and Plan International.

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What we do

Our services in this sector

Proven know-how across the whole health-data cycle.

Demography & population dynamics

Demographic and health surveys (DHS, MICS), census support, projections and population indicators.

Surveillance & surveys

Prevalence surveys, bio-behavioural studies and key-population mapping.

Monitoring, evaluation & dashboards

Design of monitoring and evaluation systems and performance-indicator dashboards.

Programme evaluation

Baseline, midline and final evaluations of health and nutrition programmes.

Health track record

Selected assignments

2025Health

Data collection for the P@SRIS2 performance framework

ENABEL, Ministry of Health

2020-2021Health · HIV

Evaluation of HIV-testing demedicalisation

Global Fund, Plan International Mali

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A health programme to monitor or evaluate?

Surveillance, bio-behavioural surveys and dashboards: measurement in the service of programmes that last.

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