HELC also advises on private/public partnerships (PPPs) in health and other development areas.  HELC also advises on structuring agreements between academia and commercial ventures, including in the area of research and development.  HELC also provides advice on occupational health including health and safety issues, and environmental issues.

HELC’s work has included advisory on legal and regulatory risk management for health businesses. Recent clients have included a sexual and reproductive health services company. It also provides advice on food and drug law regulation and compliance, and health-related litigation.

It does extensive work on medical negligence, including litigation and dispute resolution.

Our work includes law reform, drafting of new legislation and policies in the areas of health, gender, child rights etc.  Our recent work has included participation in the Core Working Group that drafted the National Health Policy, drafting Lagos State’s Youth Policy, and providing technical expertise on the health insurance laws of Lagos and Kwara States. Our work in this area includes assistance to professional regulatory bodies and stakeholders who have an interest in legislative changes.

Health law is a relatively new area of practice. HELC has the best expertise in the country in this area. HELC runs training workshops for lawyers, health care business owners, government, judges and personnel in the areas of health law, health legal risk management, medical negligence. HELC also offers training in the areas of gender and law. It also provides research services.

Health ethics is a key component of effective health care delivery. This is increasingly recognised in the Nigerian context, with health care businesses acknowledging the needs of clients and patients. With a deep understanding of health ethics principles and related interpretations and applications, HELC provides advice on ethical behaviour in health care delivery, compliance with ethics codes, ethics code drafting, and assistance with ethics assessments. We have expertise in research ethics and provide advice and training in these areas. We also provide training in this area.