Countries of Cooperation
Accompanying, Program Evaluation, Strategic Evaluation
Start of project: November 2024
End of project: June 2025
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Mid-term Evaluation: Empowering the Hearing Healthcare Sector in Developing and Emerging Countries
In response to existing gaps between hearing healthcare needs and current capacities, the Austrian medical device company MED-EL launched the Hearing Healthcare Alliance (HHA) in [Read More]In response to existing gaps between hearing healthcare needs and current capacities, the Austrian medical device company MED-EL launched the Hearing Healthcare Alliance (HHA) in February 2022 – an intervention with co-funding from the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). The primary objective of the intervention is to enhance the diagnosis and rehabilitation of individuals with hearing impairments by creating sustainable local structures within the hearing healthcare sector across 13 developing countries, including nine in Sub-Saharan Africa and four in South Asia. The intervention is set to conclude in January 2026, with plans for a subsequent phase to follow. In this context, CEval was commissioned by MED-EL to conduct a mid-term evaluation of one of the intervention’s central components, namely, the “Early diagnosis for people with hearing impairment”. The evaluation focusses on the two project countries Benin and Nepal, aiming to extract key insights from past implementation to strengthen and scale up the evaluated component in later implementation stages.
The evaluation is theory-based in its design and builds on extensive stakeholder participation as well as a mixed-methods approach. Primary data will be collected on site in both focus countries. The evaluation is being conducted along the six OECD/DAC criteria and in line with ADA’s Guidelines for Programme and Project Evaluation.
Management: Susanne Johanna Väth | Co-Worker: Juliane Löw, Sirjana Pant, Midjèou Béranger AvohouèmeClient: MED-EL Medical Electronics
