About Us
Treeshade Associates Ltd (Rc: 478254, since April 2003) is Nigeria’s 1st indigenous firm of Health and Social Development Consultants.
Our vision is a society where a good quality of life characterized by excellence, positive change, sustainable growth, and advancement is the norm.
Our mission is to fill a yawning gap between indigenous Nigerian professional practitioners and consultants with a rare combination of multiple skills and competencies, insightful local knowledge, and a global perspective.
are client-centricity, competence, and character.
Treeshade Associates Ltd (Rc: 478254, since April 2003) is Nigeria’s 1st indigenous firm of Health and Social Development Consultants.
Our Work – Our credibility, relationships, experience, capacities, track record, and unique blend of local expertise and global insight over two decades have seen us evolve into a strategic think tank and a nurturing ground for mentoring emerging start-ups and development initiatives.
In the past five (5) years, major pieces of strategic documentation and communication work in support of Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health include:
- Development of Coordination Mechanisms for Health Promotion in Nigeria
- Media Engagement Strategy for Health Promotion in Nigeria (2020-2025)
- Knowledge Management Guideline for Health Promotion in Nigeria, 2020 – 2024
- Production of a storybook on Family Planning in Nigeria
- National Strategic Plan for Health Promotion in Nigeria (2020-2024)
- National Health Promotion Policy (2019)
- HEALTH PROMOTION IN NIGERIA: a panoramic overview (Oct 2019)
Other engagements were:
- Nigeria Public Food Procurement Policy Landscape Analysis on behalf of Resolve to Save Lives in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development / National Home-Grown School Feeding Program (2021).
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Abuja, Nigeria; on behalf of Red Rose CPS Ltd
Appraisal to inform the documentation of Lessons Learned from e-Voucher and Smart Card Programming in North-eastern Nigeria; Lessons Learned 2015-2018 (April 2019)
- World Bank and DFID in collaboration with the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) / Accountable, Responsive & Capable Government (ARC); Federal Ministry of Finance; Federal Ministry of Education (FME), Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
Independent Verification of Prior Results of 17 BESDA (Better Education Service Delivery for All) Focus States – June/July 2018 and March 2019.
Consultants, Capacities, and Competencies
The firm maintains a contractual relationship with over 100 indigenous independent consultants with backgrounds in virtually every major sub-sector of health development. For over 20 years, we have worked with major Bi/Multi-lateral agencies, adding value to Nigeria’s Health System and populace. We have a robust database of national consultants supporting capacity building, health systems strengthening, and program management in the country’s health sector.
Our consultants come with sound theoretical backgrounds and multiple skills, mainly in the areas of Health, Social and Human Resource Development. More specifically, our areas of interest and expertise include Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening; Strategic and Operational Planning, Frameworks and Policy design/development; Operational and Implementation Research and Documentation
We also design and carry out Baseline Surveys and Assessments. We facilitate consumer engagement and participation with policymakers, funders, and service providers; including the generation of audience-specific reports. We have extensive experience in community development; with emphasis on mainstreaming participatory methodologies in supporting Community Based and Non-Governmental / Faith Based Organisations.
Most of our consultants are beneficiaries of a four-week training (in 4 contact sessions spread over one year). They are empowered to make a difference for our clients and society by providing high-quality professional Health Development services; characterized by indigenous excellence and ingenuity, diligence, and integrity. Our consultants are independently based in at least 26 out of Nigeria’s 36 States. They have independently provided a wide range of technical assistance in at least 30 out of Nigeria’s 36 States, thus leaving our footprint across Nigeria’s 6 geo-political zones.
Flagship Experience
As a network partner of the defunct Health Partners International[1] (UK), Treeshade Associates provided the bulk of national consultants (concurrently) to two of Nigeria’s longest-running bilateral support to the national malaria program. The UKaid/DfID-funded Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP1 (2008 to 2015) and USAID-funded Malaria Action Programme for States (MAPS (2009 to 2014). Under the auspices of SuNMAP1 and MAPS1, the firm played a leading role in the design, field-testing, finalization, and roll-out of the Federal Ministry of Health, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) Harmonized Training & Support Materials for Strengthening Capacity for Malaria Control in Nigeria. The package addressed the two overarching themes of program management and service delivery. The Program focal states for SuNMaP were Anambra, Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Niger, Ogun and Yobe States. Those for MAPS were Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Oyo, and Zamfara.
Health Partners International (HPI) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries were acquired by DAI on 1st June, 2017