USAID Kenya Private Sector Engagement Program - Health Markets Advisor

Halcyon designs, delivers and evaluates global health solutions through localized expertise. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, we have experience in more than 20 countries and working for numerous international clients. We are a leader in health markets and the private health sector with extensive experience from multiple countries across Africa. Some of our recent work includes assessing the private health sector in Somalia and supporting the government to initiate the country’s first public-private dialogue process, helping state Ministries of Health (MoHs) in Nigeria to develop health market strategic plans and refine their commodity systems, and to assess the potential for new health products to be introduced into health markets in East and Southern Africa. We also have extensive experience strengthening Kenya’s health market, working with the private sector and the MoH to expand health choices, introduce new health technologies and develop national initiatives that facilitate the public and private sector collaboration. Building on our experience, Halcyon was recently selected as a core partner to PS Kenya and the recently-awarded USAID Private Sector Engagement (PSE) program.

The PSE program is part of USAID’s new suite of health systems strengthening activities in Kenya. The program will run for five years, from 2023 to 2028, and will work at the national level and in selected counties. To transform Kenya’s health market, the program aims to be innovative, game-changing and to do things differently. Through country-led and -owned partnerships that increase and optimize private sector resources, the program will expand health options equitably and sustainably for the Kenyan population. The private sector will expand the distribution of new health products and technologies, increase the provision of qualityhealthservices,andsupportthelocalmanufacturingofhealthproducts. ThePSE program will strengthen the capacity of the national and country governments to more effectively steward their health markets, and new dynamic financing mechanisms will expand resources and encourage the growth of private sector innovations and solutions. Halcyon’s role on the PSE program will include assessing the health market and key private sector initiatives and providing evidence-based ideas and innovations to address market shortcomings. We will help to facilitate the market and private sector and provide a range of technical support and advisory services to the PSE program, the government of Kenya and other stakeholders. Halcyon will help to bring the public and private sector players together for greater coordination and will support a range of interventions that will increase the  quantity and quality of health products and technologies that the private and commercial sector will distribute across Kenya.