Sector

Health Infrastructure and Systems


Chemonics advises and supports health system actors – national policymakers, sub-national planners and managers, commercial industry, researchers, health workers, local organizations, and civil society actors – to optimize processes and improve performance. We take a problem-driven, data-centric approach to design and deliver customized solutions, based on global evidence, local context, and best practices, to solve health system challenges alongside our clients.  We offer a suite of advisory and implementation services – from strategic planning to health workforce development – to equip public and private health systems to deliver results.

Health Governance, Policy, Planning, and Financing

Health Governance, Policy, Planning, and Financing

We support governments’ effective stewardship of their health systems, so that individuals receive the health services that they need.

Chemonics provides integrated advisory and technical support that empowers ministries of health to lead, govern, and finance stronger, more resilient health systems. Our experts translate national goals into actionable plans that improve resource allocation, enhance data use, and coordinate multi-sectoral action. Through tools such as our Systems Thinking for Health Toolkit, capacity measurement frameworks, and social network mapping analytics, we help decision-makers design evidence-based, equitable policies. Chemonics also applies cross-sectoral expertise in public financial management to strengthen budget transparency, align spending with health priorities, and promote fiscal accountability. Working closely with ministries and municipal governments, our teams deploy dashboards, simulate policy impacts, and implement international best practices that improve efficiency and sustainability in public health financing.

Read more about our Public Financial Management expertise here.

Primary Health Care Delivery

We strengthen the public and private sectors’ ability to provide accessible, client-centric, quality primary health care services to all, even in times of crisis.

Chemonics tailors mentoring and coaching techniques, coupled with best practices and rapid cycle improvement methods, to improve quality and resilience of health care delivery at the primary care level. Our comprehensive quality management framework provides health care managers with a structured approach and metrics for measuring and improving the quality of and client satisfaction with services. Our adaptive management models help health facilities and networks plan for shocks and maintain services for the population during natural or man-made disasters.

Health Workforce

We partner with governments to optimize a resilient and fit-for-purpose health workforce, leveraging data to drive workforce accountability and management decision-making.

Chemonics leverages mentorship, coaching, and embedded expertise to design and deploy tools that optimize staffing models, align workforce costing, and ease bottlenecks in service delivery. We partner with governments to digitize human resource information systems, expand mobile health applications, and integrate electronic health records. Our solutions include ready-to-use and customized digital learning platforms that expand access to competency-based pre-service and in-service education. We also provide advisory support on context-appropriate approaches to continuous professional development and workforce well-being, ensuring health workers are equipped, supported, and sustained to deliver quality care.

Read more about our public sector workforce development expertise here.

Health Supply Chain

We offer industry-leading expertise to strengthen every node of health supply chains, meeting routine needs and in times of crisis, everywhere.

Chemonics provides a suite of services – from strategic planning to optimization exercises – to equip governments, private sector partners, and logistics actors to deliver results. We support deployments of interoperable supply chain information systems, taking a technology-agnostic approach that maximizes data visibility and accountability across planning, procurement, warehousing, and distribution. Our support spans emergency preparedness — helping partners quantify needs, procure commodities, and deliver supplies in crises — as well as long-term system resilience.

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Health Information Systems

We design, test, and implement digital platforms that modernize how governments deliver health services.

Chemonics leverages cross-sectoral training, tools, and expertise to design and implement digital platforms that modernize health service delivery and strengthen accountability. By digitizing core functions such as human resources, logistics, and patient records, we reduce inefficiencies, increase responsiveness, and enable real-time visibility by the public and decision-makers. Our data platforms and management tools support transparency, evidence-based policymaking, and stronger citizen engagement, while fiscal modeling and integrated tracking systems improve resource allocation and performance monitoring. We complement these solutions with workforce development in digital skills — training health workers, equipping ministries, and engaging community organizations — to ensure reforms are sustained and accessible at every level of the health system.

Read more about our digital expertise here.

Impact in Numbers

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Countries with strengthened health systems for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and/or reproductive health
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Health sector professionals trained in leadership, management, service delivery, and digital human resources for health tools
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Ministries supported to strengthen health information systems, deploy digital solutions, and advance data-driven decision-making for improved health outcomes
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Case Studies

Case Study

Bridging Distance with Digital Learning for the Health Workforce

In the Philippines – a country of more than 7,000 islands – Chemonics created an innovative digital learning platform that delivers vital training directly to health workers without pulling them away from their duties. This approach strengthened workforce skills, improved training accessibility, and ensured continuous quality care, especially in rural areas.
Case Study

From Floods to Financial Resilience: Strengthening Primary Health Care in Bangladesh

In the face of COVID-19 and devastating floods, Bangladesh’s already fragmented primary health care system faced immense strain. Chemonics partnered with local actors building lasting resilience by digitizing systems, standardizing care, and innovating emergency delivery to ensure services continued, even in crisis.

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