Purpose: The WHO’s Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) has supported Member States in designing, implementing and institutionalizing efforts to support evidence-informed policy-making (EIP). This experience has shown the importance of systematically and comprehensively identifying important cont...
Background: The objective of this work was to inform the design of a rapid response program to support evidence-informed decision-making in health policy and practice for the Americas region. Specifically, we focus on the following: (1) What are the best ethodological approaches for rapid reviews of the ...
Evidence indicates that actions within four main themes (early child development, fair employment and decent work, social protection, and the living environment) are likely to have the greatest impact on the social determinants of health and health inequities. A systematic search and analysis of recommen...
Governments across the WHO European Region need to take urgent action to address the growing public health, inequality, economic and environmental challenges in order to achieve sustainable development (meeting current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs) ...
Evidence syntheses use multidisciplinary and intersectoral sources of evidence to support policy-making. The Health Evidence Network (HEN) has supported and strengthened the use of evidence in health policy-making in the WHO European Region since 2003. The HEN synthesis report series responds to public h...
A doença falciforme é uma das doenças hereditárias mais comuns no mundo. No estado de São Paulo, a incidência de doença falciforme é de um para quatro mil (1:4.000) nascidos vivos. Uma mutação no gene que produz a hemoglobina A origina, por meio de herança recessiva, a hemoglobina S (HbS). Em ...
The number of Canadians aged 65 or older is
expected to double within the next two decades,
and the proportion of those over the age of 80 is
expected to grow from 27.5% in 2012 to 32% in
2036.(1; 2) This trend holds true in British
Columbia (which is where the request came from
for this synthesis) where...
As noted by the Health Council of Canada in 2013, there
are many definitions of quality in healthcare, but a
common conception of it is “the degree to which health
services for individuals and populations increase the
likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent
with current professional kn...
As of last year, nearly two million Ontarians saw their
family physicians for mental health and addictions
concerns. These two conditions account for
approximately 10% of the disease burden in Ontario.(1)
Psychiatric alternate level of care (ALC) days and longstay days represent a significant portion of ...
Oral health is important for the overall well-being of
children and adults, and poor oral health has been linked
to other diseases and serious health conditions such as
respiratory infections, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes
and poor nutritional status. Ontario provides public coverage for a limited sc...
