Science-Led.
Africa-Rooted.
Accountable.
CSEIR is a professionally governed, multidisciplinary public health institution advancing equitable population health across Africa through scientific rigour, strategic advisory, and embedded implementation.
At the Intersection of Science and Systems
CSEIR (the Centre for Surveillance, Immunization, Epidemiology and Research) is a multidisciplinary public health institution established to advance surveillance, immunisation, epidemiology, and health systems strengthening across Africa. Our mandate extends from disease detection and institutional reform to multidisciplinary research, resource mobilisation, capacity development, and the provision of technical advisory services to governments, multilateral agencies, donors, and academic institutions.
"We don't parachute in. We stay, build, and transfer, until systems work without us."
Our teams are Africa-based, embedded in national systems, and authorised under our constitutional mandate to enter formal partnerships and arrangements with governments, authorities, and organisations wherever that is necessary to achieve our objectives. We do not measure success by the volume of our outputs. We measure it by the strength of the institutions and systems we leave behind.
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CSEIR at a Glance
Key institutional facts
What Drives Us
Two statements guide every engagement, every hire, and every decision CSEIR makes.
Our Mission
Advance equitable population health through integrated surveillance, multidisciplinary research, strategic advisory, resource mobilisation, implementation support, capacity strengthening, and institutional reform, across Africa and in every jurisdiction where we operate.
Our Vision
To be the leading African hub for scientific excellence, strategic health advisory, and health system transformation.
Core Values
Scientific Rigour
Every recommendation is grounded in evidence. We apply epidemiological discipline, statistical honesty, and methodological transparency.
African Ownership
Solutions built for Africa, by Africa-based teams. We embed ourselves in national systems and prioritise local knowledge.
Institutional Accountability
Board governance, external audits, and nine comprehensive policies. We hold ourselves to donor-grade standards by choice.
Capacity Transfer
We measure success by what remains after we leave. Every engagement includes structured training, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to national counterparts, until the institution no longer needs us.
Partnership Integrity
Collaborative design, co-ownership of solutions, and honest communication (including when evidence challenges assumptions).
Implementation Focus
Advisory without implementation is incomplete. We stay through deployment, iterating until systems deliver measurable outcomes.
What We Are Established to Do
CSEIR is constitutionally established as a public health, research, and technical advisory institution. The following objects define the scope of our work: not as aspirations, but as the formal mandate against which every programme and partnership is evaluated.
Public Health Surveillance & Systems
To design, implement, and strengthen systems for disease detection, monitoring, and response (including epidemic intelligence, IDSR, and event-based surveillance), and to support health systems strengthening and institutional reform, including service delivery, governance, and programme performance improvement.
Strategic Planning, Research & Analytics
To undertake strategic planning, resource mobilisation, surveys, and field epidemiology, generating the evidence that informs health policy and investment. To conduct multidisciplinary epidemiological, operational, and clinical research, and to provide data analytics, digital health, and decision-support solutions including modelling and visualisation.
Immunisation & Disease Control
To support the design and implementation of immunisation programmes and disease prevention and control strategies, covering routine immunisation, supplemental campaigns, zero-dose population stratification, and programme optimisation at national and sub-national level.
Partnerships & Technical Advisory
To provide technical advisory services to governments, multilateral agencies, donors, academic institutions, and private sector partners. CSEIR holds constitutional authority to enter into lawful arrangements and formal agreements with governments, authorities, corporations, and other stakeholders wherever that is necessary to achieve our public health objectives.
Capacity Development & Knowledge Transfer
To undertake capacity development, training, mentorship, and structured knowledge transfer for individuals and institutions in the health sector, with the deliberate objective that national counterparts can sustain technical functions independently after our engagement concludes.
Regulatory Compliance
To comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies governing the health sector in South Sudan and every other jurisdiction where CSEIR operates, including procurement regulations, data protection law, bioethics requirements, and donor compliance frameworks.
Climate, Environment & Sustainable Public Health
To promote environmental protection, climate change adaptation, and sustainable public health practices within the scope of CSEIR's work. Climate change is a health system stressor: it alters disease vectors, disrupts water and food security, and strains health infrastructure in the regions where we operate. CSEIR integrates climate and environmental risk into surveillance system design, health systems assessments, and programme planning where those risks are epidemiologically relevant.
Collaboration & Resource Mobilisation
To collaborate with and support institutions and initiatives aligned with our objectives, and to apply for, receive, and administer grants, donations, and other forms of financial or material assistance from governments, public bodies, corporations, institutions, and individuals, in support of CSEIR's public health mandate.
A Dual Architecture Built for Impact
CSEIR's institutional design reflects a deliberate choice: to combine the discipline and accountability of a professional services firm with the mission orientation of a public-interest institution.
Contractual Technical Services
CSEIR delivers structured consulting, implementation support, and technical assistance under formal contractual arrangements. This includes fixed-price deliverable contracts, time-and-materials technical assistance, and embedded program management.
System Strengthening Orientation
Surplus expertise, innovation capacity, and institutional learning are reinvested into the broader mission of strengthening national health systems. CSEIR actively contributes to open science, policy advocacy, and capacity ecosystems.
Engagement
Contracted through competitive procurement or direct award by governments, multilaterals, and development partners.
Delivery
Technical teams deployed, systems configured, and capacity transferred under Board-governed service standards.
Reinvestment
Institutional learnings, tools, and surplus capacity fed back into the public health ecosystem across Africa.
Governed for Trust
CSEIR operates under a comprehensive governance framework designed to meet the highest standards of institutional accountability, donor compliance, and ethical conduct.
Ethics & Integrity
Conflict of interest policy, whistleblower protection, and code of professional conduct governing all staff and board members.
Data & Financial
Data protection policy, financial management framework, and procurement standards meeting international donor requirements.
Operational
Audit procedures, HR policy, safeguarding framework, and programmatic compliance standards across all engagements.
Embedded,
Not Extractive.
The international health consulting market is dominated by firms that deploy foreign experts for short engagements, extract data, produce reports, and depart. CSEIR is built on a different premise.
Work With Us| The Conventional Model | The CSEIR Model |
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| Fly-in experts, fly-out reports |
Africa-based teams, embedded in context
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| Short-term engagements |
Sustained presence through full implementation
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| Recommendations without implementation |
Design, deploy, operate, and transfer
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| Capacity extraction |
Deliberate, structured capacity transfer
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Work With a Team That Stays.
Whether you're procuring technical assistance, designing a surveillance system, or strengthening national immunization programs, CSEIR brings the scientific depth and implementation commitment your program requires.