Global South & East Consulting Institute
Five Partnership Principles
There is a specific kind of damage done when a health ministry receives advice from consultants who have never worked inside a system like the one they are advising. The recommendations may be technically sound. They may be internationally benchmarked. And they may still fail — because they were not designed for the political economy, the institutional culture, and the human realities of the system they were meant to improve
GSECI exists because the Global South deserves better than that. It is a specialist health consulting practice staffed by people who have worked inside the systems they advise who understand what implementation actually requires in low-resource settings, and who have a long-term personal stake in whether their recommendations work.
GSECI currently serves governments, research institutions, healthcare systems, and development partners across the Global South and East Africa. Specific client relationships are held in confidence unless clients have provided explicit consent for disclosure. All work is subject to Mission Alignment review.
Supporting ministries and health authorities in strategy development, system design, and institutional reform — from inside the systems we advise.
Guiding institutions through the regulatory and governance landscape of clinical research, public health programming, and health technology introduction.
Strategic, operational, and scientific guidance for institutions conducting or preparing clinical investigation — site readiness, protocol development, regulatory submissions, pharmacovigilance.
Advising governing boards and founding committees of health institutions on governance frameworks, organizational design, and leadership development.
Providing interim executive capacity to institutions undergoing leadership transition, programme scaleup, or organisational restructuring.
Supporting research institutions and investigators in identifying, assessing, and pursuing funding opportunities aligned with their scientific priorities.