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    Evidence, policy, impact: WHO guide for evidence-informed decision-making

    Strengthening the use of research evidence to advance health impact - To improve health and well-being and accelerate the achievement of the Triple Billion targets, we need better evidence for better decisions. There are moral, socioeconomic and political arguments to increase the use of research in deci...

    Lessons learned from strategies for promotion of evidence-to-policy process in health interventions in the ECOWAS region: a rapid review

    Niger. med. j; 61 (5), 2020
    Context: The West African Health Organization (WAHO) is vigorously supporting evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM) in the countries of West Africa. EIPM is increasingly recognized as one of the key strategies that can contribute to health systems strengthening and the improvement of health outcomes. The...

    Institucionalização das políticas informadas por evidências no Brasil

    Avaliar capacidades, arranjos organizativos e barreiras à implementação dos Núcleos de Evidências (NEvs) da Rede de Políticas Informadas por Evidências (EVIPNet) no Brasil. Realizou-se um estudo exploratório de casos múltiplos, descritivo-analítico, com abordagem mista. Os coordenadores dos NEv...

    Síntese de evidências para políticas de saúde: reduzindo as taxas de cirurgia cesariana no Brasil
    Evidence synthesis for health policy: reducing surgery rates caesarean section in Brazil

    O problema: O Brasil é o segundo país com as taxas mais elevadas de cirurgia cesariana no mundo, muito além da recomendação de 10 a 15% da Organização Mundial da Saúde (WHO et al., 2015). O uso excessivo e desnecessário de tecnologias na atenção ao parto e nascimento tem contribuído para aume...

    Relato de diálogo deliberativo evidências para políticas de saúde: reduzindo as taxas de cirurgia cesariana no Brasil
    Deliberative dialogue report evidence for health policies: reducing cesarean surgery rates in Brazil

    O problema: O Brasil é o segundo país com as taxas mais elevadas de cirurgia cesariana no mundo, muito além da recomendação de 10 a 15% da Organização Mundial da Saúde (WHO et al., 2015). O uso excessivo e desnecessário de tecnologias na atenção ao parto e nascimento tem contribuído para aume...

    Desigualdad social en salud en Colombia: policy brief
    Social inequality in health in Colombia

    Esta sintesis propone opciones políticas a los decisores gubernamentales responsables de definir la agenda pública para lobrar un desarrollo sostenible en Colombia, que vive una profunda y dramática situación de desigualdad social. Las seguinetes opciones políticas estan basadas en una serie de reco...

    Análisis de situación en salud: su importancia en la implementación por las entidades territoriales de Colombia, 2016
    Health situation analysis: its importance in the implementation by Colombian territorial entities, 2016

    Para las autoridades en salud en todos los niveles de decisión nacional o territorial, es fundamental contar con información que les permita tomar decisiones para responder las necesidades de sus poblaciones. En este sentido, el Análisis de Situación de Salud (ASIS) es una metodología que facilita l...

    Understanding the use of and compensation for virtual-care services in primary care

    Provincial and territorial health systems across Canada continue to struggle with delivering timely access to primary-care services. In 2016, 74% of Canadians reported in the Commonwealth International Health Policy Survey that they received excellent or very good care from their regular doctor, which is...

    Evidence on mechanisms and tools for use of health information for decision-making

    The World Health Assembly in 2005 urged Member States to establish or strengthen knowledge transfer mechanisms to support evidence-informed health policies and health care delivery. The European Health Information Initiative was set up to strengthen the use of evidence, information and research for polic...

    Do evidence summaries increase health policy-makers use of evidence from systematic reviews?

    Systematic reviews are important for decision makers. They offer many potential benefits but are often written in technical language, are too long, and do not contain contextual details which makes them hard to use for decision-making. Strategies to promote the use of evidence to decision makers are requ...