WHO EVIPNet technical support in Evidence-Informed policy-Making in Member States session in WHA

Report about the session on WHO EVIPNet technical support in Evidence-Informed policy-Making in Member States in 66 World Health Assembly, the 23 May 2013

• Report about the event and access to speechs of speakers and videos

From 22 to 26 April 2013, Training of Trainers (ToT) in evidence informed policy-making (EIPM) was hosted in Nairobi, Kenya with the participation and support of Information Africa. 12 participants from EVIPNet country teams (Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal) were trained to become trainers in their respective country with learner centered pedagogy approach in partnership with BLDS (British Library for Development Studies) and INASP. We were able with this approach to establish pool of 30 African trainers in Evidence Informed policy-making. They will develop their own training workplan for their respective country and we will be able to foster the South-South collaboration in EIPM.

• Workshop report
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Can using health research evidence improve policies and practice? EVIPNet is working to show it can, and its growth through regional networks throughout the world is starting to show results. A recent overview at the World Health Assembly provides a look at the progress.

• More about the impact of partnerships between EVIPNet and TDR

In October 2012 in Tunis, Tunisia, regional workshop for francophone Arab countries (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Djibouti) was held with around 15 senior policymakers, programmes manager and researchers to develop evidence brief for policy on reproductive and maternal mortality issues and to learn about how to communicate about it with the different stakeholders involve in policy-making process. It was the first workshop on policy communication for French speakers in Arab countries organized by two UN agencies, WHO and UNFPA and part of the success of the workshop. It was occasion to demonstrate the value of constructive sharing and collaboration specifically to have one UN family. This type of UN partnership is just the beginning of sustainable and efficient collaboration.

• Report of the workshop in French
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