Health security advisory
We help ministries of health, public health institutes, regional bodies and donors assess their preparedness, plan what comes next and secure the funding to deliver it.
When a new threat appears, what counts is what was already in place: trained people, working laboratories, clear plans and money that can move quickly.
Many countries know their gaps from Joint External Evaluation scores, but turning those scores into costed, funded action is harder. That is where we help.
Six areas of support, used on their own or together. Each one ends with something your team can act on.
We help you prepare for, host and follow up on Joint External Evaluations and annual self-assessments.
We turn assessment findings into costed action plans for health security, at national and state level.
Strategy for known threats such as Ebola, Lassa fever, mpox and Nipah, and for the ones not yet named.
We help countries and funders get the right tests to the right places quickly when an outbreak starts.
We help governments and partners understand the cost of antimicrobial resistance and plan how to pay for the response.
We help you make the case to funders such as the World Bank, Global Fund, CEPI, BMGF, EU HERA and KOICA.
Most assignments follow five steps. Short technical pieces can take a few weeks; national planning processes usually run over several months.
We agree the questions to answer, the stakeholders to involve and the timeline.
We review data and documents, interview stakeholders and visit sites where needed.
We work with you to agree priorities, costs and who is responsible for each action.
We write the plan or proposal and support conversations with funders.
We stay available for follow-up, or move with you into programme delivery.
Need help putting the plan into action? Our programme design and implementation service picks up where advisory work ends.
Work from Dr Agogo's career in national, regional and global health security.
Led the development of Nigeria’s first Joint External Evaluation of the International Health Regulations and the National Action Plan for Health Security that followed.
Co-chaired the diagnostics pillar of the WHO Interim Medical Countermeasures Network, leading the landscape analysis and set-up of the consortium.
South Africa, The Gambia and Seychelles, as a WHO-engaged evaluator.
Subnational assessment tools and plans, published in Health Security in 2025.
We agree the format that suits your timeline and budget after an introductory call.
A defined piece of work with a clear deliverable, such as an assessment, a plan or a landscape analysis.
Regular senior advice for a country team, project or programme over several months.
Help shaping, writing and reviewing concept notes and full proposals.
Senior advisory capacity placed within your team for a defined period.
MBBS, MTropMed, MSc, FRCGP, HonMFPH, MIoD
Dr Agogo has advised ministers of health, national public health institutes and regional bodies for more than two decades. He led Nigeria’s first Joint External Evaluation, has served as a WHO-engaged evaluator in three countries and is Secretary General of the Technical Advisory Committee at the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Disease Surveillance and Control.
We are based in Abuja and Birmingham. Most of our work is in West Africa, and Dr Agogo has experience across more than 15 countries in Africa, South Asia and the United Kingdom.
Yes. We design our work to complement existing processes led by WHO, Africa CDC, regional bodies and donors, rather than duplicate them.
Yes. Our programme design and implementation service helps turn plans into funded, running programmes.
Each assignment is scoped individually. Depending on the work, we agree a fixed-scope fee, a day rate or a retainer after an introductory call.
Yes. Our experience covers the World Bank, Global Fund, CEPI, BMGF, EU HERA, KOICA and bilateral donors.
Start with a 30-minute introductory call. We will listen, then suggest where we can help.
