GFA Consulting Group GmbH

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The GFA Consulting Group, based in Hamburg, is one of Europe's leading development cooperation consulting firms. Since 1982, GFA has conducted more than 3000 complex studies and projects worldwide. Leading development organizations, ministries, and public clients have entrusted GFA with the management of projects financed through bilateral and multilateral funds. Working with stakeholders from government, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and community initiatives, GFA strikes a balance between innovation and reliability to meet local needs. Our vision is to improve people's living conditions worldwide by promoting sustainable development. GFA's project management is certified according to ISO 9001/2015 and therefore has highly standardized project management procedures.

The Health Department supports partner countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean in their specific health sector reforms and in building resilient health systems through advisory services. The majority of GFA's advisory services in the health sector aim to improve the quality, accessibility, affordability, and efficiency of health care and strengthen the public health systems of partner countries. The advisory services include technical advice, a wide range of capacity development measures, including digital learning, organizational development, and institutional strengthening, as well as support for political and legal reforms.

The Health Department is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of internationally experienced consultants. GFA consultants serve as project managers and technical advisors for often multi-year and complex projects supporting health care reform processes. The consultants come from various professional fields: medicine, nursing, biology, social sciences, psychology, physiotherapy, health economics, and epidemiology, and hold postgraduate studies in international, global, or public health. To complement its internal expertise, the department contracts national, regional, and international experts as needed. The Health Department manages projects on behalf of KfW Development Bank, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), GIZ, the European Union, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Global Fund.