EPOS awarded two World Bank funded Performance Based Financing (PBF) projects. In Niger, EPOS begins a feasibility study for the funding of a PBF project and in the Republic of the Congo, Brazzaville, EPOS evaluates an initial PBF scheme. These projects highlight the relevance of EPOS’ health financing expertise - which already includes voucher insurance and community based insurance schemes.

In the framework of the World Bank project “Health Services and Social Assistance Project” in Moldova, EPOS in consortium with RRP ARCHITEKTEN+INGENIEURE (Germany) and OMBA (Romania) was awarded a contract by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova for Architectural - Engineering Consultancy Services to redevelop the main tertiary Republican Clinical Hospital in Chisinau.

In Kyrgyzstan, EPOS launched a KfW Development Bank funded safe blood transfusion project. This joins two other safe blood transfusion projects implemented by EPOS in Afghanistan (Agence Française de Développement) and in Pakistan (KfW Development Bank). http://tinyurl.com/EPOSKyrgyzstanSafeBlood

EPOS awarded EU funded Health Reform Support project in Algeria.

Asia Regional Health Sector Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Workshop took place in Kolkata, India. A PPP ‘best practices’ toolkit is created: http://www.epos.de/Public-Private-Partnership-PPP-Toolkit.1699.0.html?&L=1

EPOS awarded an extension on the DFID funded “Procurement Oversight for Health Sector” project in Malawi.

EPOS Audit created to respond to the need of hospitals, rehabilitation centres and nursing homes to comply with statutory provisions during the preparation of annual financial statements.
http://www.epos.de/EPOS-Audit-GmbH-Wirtschaftspruefungsgese.1482.0.html?&L=0

The five-year, €40 million EU-funded project to support China’s social security legislation and capacity building initiatives closed with success in July 2011. EPOS, along with partner organizations GOPA Consultants, Callund Consulting Ltd. and BBJ Consult, provided technical assistance to strengthen institutional capacity for social security policy implementation and administration.
http://www.epos.de/fileadmin/epos/news/images/china_eucss_chinadaily_20110705.pdf

The Tajikistan National Tuberculosis (TB) Referral Hospital in Macheton, after undergoing extensive infrastructure rehabilitation and state-of-the-art diagnosis re-equipment measures through the KfW-funded “Tuberculosis Control Programme” project, was handed over to the Ministry of Health. http://www.epos.de/index.php?id=1701

EPOS Public Health Postgraduate Scholarship recipient completed a Masters Programme in International Health. The EPOS scholarship, established in 2010 to coincide with EPOS’ 25th corporate anniversary, highlighted EPOS’ commitment to development cooperation that aims to contribute to the long term capacity building and sustainability of public health systems in developing countries. http://www.epos.de/index.php?id=1698

In Afghanistan, EPOS successfully completed a project for the reconstruction of the main building (360 beds) of the Balkh hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif which was funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs through KfW. The Balkh hospital is the central hospital for 350,000 inhabitants and serves as a referral hospital for up to six million citizens in Northern Afghanistan. The high visibility project received visits from both Afghan and German officials – including a visit by German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel. http://tinyurl.com/ChancellorMerkelBalkhHospital

EPOS awarded additional hospital sector projects in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi
 
EPOS opens GCC branch office in Abu Dhabi
 
EPOS celebrates its 25th Corporate Anniversary with a technical debate among distinguished development leaders examining how best to impact achievement of health-related Millennium Development goals. More than 250 international and local guests attended the event in Bad Homburg, Germany

EPOS continues its diversification into innovative fields of health financing by the awarding of new contracts in Cambodia, Cameroon and China
 
EPOS implements major office renovations at its headquarters in Bad Homburg, allowing a decisive improvement in work place communication and process optimisation.

EPOS wins its first assignment with the US Donor MCC. A major contract on non communicable diseases in Mongolia.

EPOS wins an initial assignment in the Gulf Area, in Bahrain.

EPOS introduces an ambitious Knowledge Management project in order to incorporate previous “lessons learnt” into future projects.

EPOS continues health financing diversification by winning a voucher project in Kenya.

EPOS successfully passes the ISO renewal audit and is certified according to the new standard ISO 9001:2008. This confirms EPOS' continued commitment to quality which is an integral part of the day-to-day work and underlines the company's competence in providing sound consulting services.

EPOS strengthens its regional competence and presence in Balkan countries by the successful acquisition of projects in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia.

EPOS successfully implements the largest EU funded health sector project in the Ukraine "Support to Secondary Health Care Reform" and develops recommendations for systematic reform of the health sector as a whole based on the best European practices. The approach is highly appreciated by MoH.

During 2009, EPOS acquired three new projects in the area of Health Management Information Systems (HMIS), i.e. in Bangladesh financed by GTZ, in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Tajikistan both funded by the EU. This strengthens our competence in an important technical area.

EPOS acquires an initial DFID/UKaid-funded project as lead company, in Malawi.

EPOS acquires an initial JICA-funded project as sub-contractor to its Japanese partner SSC, in Afghanistan.

EPOS signs first major contract with European Investment Bank for Syria

EPOS USA wins first assignments

EPOS is increasingly involved in the reform of the Afghan health system

EPOS holds its first regional conference in order to advance global product development
 
EPOS starts its first assignment for the US-American Donor MCC in Lesotho

EPOS signs a contract with a private Investor in Libya with the objective to commission the Libyan European Hospital and to manage it for five years.

EPOS is awarded the biggest ever European Union consultancy contract in China. The consortium EPOS, GOPA Consultants, Callund Consulting Ltd. and BBJ Consult is assisting the Chinese Government in its important Social Security Reform Programm.

EPOS creates an Information Communication Technology Competence Centre (ICT) with the objective to improve appropriate health technology in developing countries. ICT is officially launched with the participation of WHO Geneva on December 10th in Bad Homburg.

Launching of EPOS Health Consultants USA in Washington in order to directly access the important North American market (USAID, PEPFAR, MCC, Foundations). EPOS maintains a permanently staffed office with two public health specialists who are working in close cooperation with EPOS Germany and its other regional offices all over the world

1^st EPOS Forum on International Health Consultancy - Special focus: Procurement of medical equipment and supply in projects and programmes of the German Financial and Technical Cooperation

EPOS becomes one of the European market leaders in International Health Consultancy with 30 permanent staff in Germany, 150 qualified staff under contract world wide, 40 ongoing projects and 800 registered high calibre experts of over 50 nationalities.

Major re-engineering of internal structures introducing four competence areas instead of regional departments in order to improve quality of technical backstopping of project implementation processes and knowledge management

Founding of Impact on Health, a Non-Governmental Organisation promoting reproductive health and the fight against HIV/AIDS in developing countries

EPOS becomes a shareholder and know-how partner of MidGerman Health, an application service provider (ASP), managing IT-services for 2 hospitals with more than 3.000 beds in Germany

EPOS goes regional by setting up regional offices/branches in India, China, and East and West Africa

Decision to strengthen EPOS' presence in the German health care market with specific emphasis on quality of care, information technology and the introduction of hospital financing schemes (Diagnosis Related Groups - DRG)

ISO Certification DIN 9001

Introduction of an interactive Knowledge Management System creating the "Learning Company"

EPOS becomes the German market leader for international development consulting in the health sector. Major growth in Eastern Europe and the “Commonwealth of Independent States” (former Soviet Union) as well as in Asia

Strategic re-orientation enabling EPOS to become a mayor player in international Health Consultancy

EPOS wins long-term projects in Pakistan and Indonesia for Hospital design, construction and management as well as the development of a national health maintenance system

EPOS builds up references in executing strategic, concept and operational studies for German hospitals and international health care delivery systems

GOPA Consultants and University Witten Herdecke set up EPOS as a joint venture in order to provide quality consultancy services to the German and International Health Care Market