A core part of HELC’s work is the provision of research, policy & legal Advisory services in the health sector. The Firm provides mapping, situation analysis and political economy analysis on life sciences, public health, and other development matters. It regularly advises the government, healthcare businesses in the The Firm also Frequently provides legal advice on Technical Working Groups and policy development, situation analysis, PESTLE analysis, and research at Federal and state levels.

The Firm currently serves on the Legal Technical Working Group For COVID-19 and undertook regulatory work on COVID-19 and IHR-compliant pandemic response in Nigeria and advisory to Nigeria’s national public health institute.

The firm provides mapping, situation analysis and political economy analysis on life sciences, public health, and other development matters. It regularly advises the government, and healthcare businesses in the private sector. HELC has provided work For clients such as state governments like the governments of Lagos State, Adamawa State and Rivers State, Federal government agencies such as the Federal Ministry of Health, and the National Health Insurance Scheme; and international organizations such as Vital Strategies, and Resolve to Save Lives.

Examples of our policy development work include:

• Report on legal aspects of public health emergency coordination mechanisms in the West Africa Region (2017).
• Report on IHR Implementation in Nigerian Law – Mapping of Legal Authorities and Analysis of Legislation at Federal Level (2019).
• Illustrative examples of legislation and policies developed by HELC include:
  National Policy on Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, 2020.
• Lagos State Youth Policy (2015); National Diaspora Policy, 2019.