OHRLI is a multidisciplinary research and learning institute committed to generating high-quality evidence and strengthening systems for resilient, sustainable health and development — anchored in the One Health Framework and powered by integrated biomedical, socio-economic, and community expertise.
The One Health Research and Learning Institute (OHRLI) is a multidisciplinary research and learning institute committed to generating high-quality evidence and strengthening systems for resilient and sustainable health systems and development across the continent.
Generate high-quality, integrated evidence that recognises the interconnections between human, animal, environmental and socio-economic systems in addressing complex development challenges.
Design and deliver rigorous research, capacity-building initiatives, programme evaluations, and evidence-based interventions that improve health, livelihoods, and resilience.
Collaborate with governments, development partners, NGOs, academia and communities to ensure participatory, equitable, and contextually relevant research across the continent.
Establish, equip, and manage the OHRLI One Health laboratory — a dedicated facility for integrated diagnostics, surveillance, research, training, and capacity development.
BE1, Corner Burton and Princess Road, Belvedere, Harare, Zimbabwe. Operating in Harare Province and expanding across the SADC region and the wider continent.
Registered non-profit organisation operating under Zimbabwean law, governed by a constitutional framework with transparent executive oversight and rigorous quality-assurance systems.
Headquartered in Zimbabwe with a continental mandate — generating evidence, building capacity and informing programmes across the SADC region and beyond.
We work extensively with vulnerable and marginalised populations — youth, women, refugees, persons with disabilities, and underserved communities — ensuring findings are inclusive, equitable and contextually relevant.
Our work is organised around five interconnected pillars that collectively advance the One Health agenda — combining rigorous biomedical science with learning, advocacy, quality assurance, innovation, and operational excellence.
OHRLI combines strong technical expertise with proven field implementation capacity, rigorous quality-assurance systems, and advanced data-management and analytical capabilities. Our team spans multiple disciplines to deliver comprehensive, evidence-driven research.
Evidence generation across infectious diseases, public health, health-systems strengthening, disease surveillance, community health, and implementation research — maintained to the highest standards of scientific rigor, ethics, and data quality.
Implementation science studies, community-based research, health-systems assessments, operational research, socio-economic surveys, programme evaluations, labour-market assessments, and value-chain analyses.
Considerable experience in youth livelihoods programming, vocational-skills assessments, market-systems analysis, enterprise development, stakeholder mapping, and socio-economic research.
Working extensively with vulnerable and marginalised populations including youth, women, refugees, persons with disabilities, and underserved communities — ensuring findings are inclusive, equitable, and contextually relevant.
Advanced data-management and analytical capabilities, rigorous quality-assurance systems, ISO-aligned processes, and proven field-implementation capacity across multi-country research portfolios.
Engaging diverse stakeholders across government, private sector, civil society, and community structures to ensure participatory, evidence-driven research that supports decision-making, interventions, and programme implementation.
OHRLI is governed by a Board of Directors providing strategic oversight, with a Director General leading an executive directorate, line management structure, and operational staffing that scales from senior researchers to interns and general staff.
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Strategic Oversight & Governance
Executive Leadership
Board Roles
Leads organisational strategy and fundraising. Represents OHRLI to external stakeholders, government and donors. Presides over all Board meetings.
Supports the Chairperson; assumes full leadership responsibilities in the Chairperson's absence or incapacity.
Oversees financial management, reporting, and accountability. Ensures sound fiscal stewardship of all OHRLI funds and assets.
Organises meetings, records minutes, and maintains official registers. The Board convenes at least quarterly.
Four elected members who participate in Board decisions, sub-committees, and strategic oversight functions.
OHRLI works across government, academia, and the private sector to build a robust One Health ecosystem in Zimbabwe and the wider SADC region.
OHRLI engages diverse stakeholders across government, private sector, civil society, and community structures to ensure participatory and evidence-driven research. We are well positioned to undertake assessments, deliver practical and market-responsive recommendations, and support decision-making interventions and health-programme implementation across the continent.
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Rigorous quality-assurance systems, advanced data-management, and proven field-implementation capacity across diverse contexts.
Research, capacity-building initiatives, programme evaluations, and evidence-based interventions tailored to your context.
An explicit equity lens — inclusive research that engages youth, women, refugees, persons with disabilities, and underserved communities.
Participatory, stakeholder-driven processes that support decision-making, interventions, and health-programme implementation across the continent.
OHRLI has a clear roadmap for physical growth — from shared workspaces today to a purpose-built research facility in the future.
OHRLI aims to secure dedicated land and construct purpose-built research premises with support from embassy partners, international donors, and philanthropic foundations. The facility will house the One Health laboratory, offices, and training spaces.
Currently operating from shared office spaces across Harare, enabling agile, cost-effective delivery of programmes while the organisation scales its capacity and resource base.