IRESCO
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Mission Statement
Contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of African populations through the promotion and carrying out of research, as well as development initiatives at the Community, national and regional levels.
About This Cause
IRESCO (Institute for Research, Socio-economic Development and Communication) is a non-governmental organization based in Cameroon, which was founded in 1993 by a group of multi-disciplinary researchers. The institute is one of Cameroon’s leading independent research institutes, conducting research, managing programmes and projects to promote better health and quality of life. The three major endemic diseases, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and also water-based diseases have been in the organization’s focus since the beginning. IRESCO is an organization that utilizes social sciences to address health, environmental and educational issues for the African population and beyond. IRESCO launches a variety of projects and programmes, including intervention programmes in the fields like HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and family planning, malaria, water and sanitation and determines the appropriate form to tackle these issues. The mission of IRESCO is to undertake research in the areas of social and behavioral sciences to promote development efforts in Cameroon and throughout Africa. IRESCO seeks to improve development efforts by contributing empirically-based information and insight so that development interventions may be designed and implemented in a more effective and efficient manner to have a significant impact on the African population. IRESCO is primarily involved in research to design and plan appropriate health interventions for Cameroon. The strategic areas of IRESCO interventions revolve around research and Behavior Change Communication (BCC) although research dominates the overall proportion of projects. Research activities include project and program evaluation (planning, monitoring and evaluation including data quality and rapid service quality assessments), quantitative and qualitative studies (KAP studies, opinion surveys, and socio-anthropological studies) and market research (socio-economic indicators, consumption habits, and the effectiveness of distribution networks). Major IRESCO’s donors include international organizations like World Bank, UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO, British High Commission, GIZ, Family Health International, The Global Fund, PSI and so on. The organization is also collaborating with the government of the Republic of Cameroon namely with the Ministry of Public Health, Ministries of Basic/Secondary Education, Universities of Cameroon, the National Employment Fund etc. IRESCO pursues activities not only in Cameroon but in various African and also Indian Ocean countries. Thus, IRESCO offered technical assistance in strengthening national HIV monitoring and evaluation systems in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Mauritania, The Republic of Guinea and Niger. The organization is also collaborating with UNAIDS’ and the World Bank’s Global AIDS Monitoring & Evaluation Team (GAMET) which resulted in providing M&E support in Madagascar, Ghana, Zambia and Gambia. IRESCO is also collaborating with some Local Fund Agents (LFA) of the Global Fund, such as Pricewaterhouse and Coopers for their portfolios in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In this context, IRESCO offers its expertise in monitoring and evaluation and perform the verification of the implementation of Global Fund grants in these countries. Specifically, IRESCO provides quality assessment of health data through activities such as on site data verifications (OSDV), data quality audits (DQA), the evaluation of health information systems and monitoring and evaluation systems. IRESCO works also directly with the Global Fund through various evaluations of programs financed by this institution.