WHO needs evidence for policy-making?

Claudia Stein, Director Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation

Scientific evidence

Policy

Good luck with bridging this gap….

IEA World Congress of Epidemiology

Plenary Session

7 Aug ust 2011

24-25 March 2015:First meeting of the EHII

Steering Group

• promotes – in support of Health 2020 – the systematic use of research evidence in policy-making to improve health systems

• increases country capacity and ownership in developing sound and effective health policies, evidence briefs and policy dialogues

• supports the establishment of national advisory bodies which ensures that policies are grounded in research evidence

What is the EVIPNet Europe?

The European Advisory Committee on Health Research - subcommittee on enhancing EIP

At its meeting in July 2014, the EACHR:

• formed a subcommittee on EIP; • requested the RD to draft a Regional EIP

action plan to be submitted to/approved by the RC;

• option paper was submitted to the SCRC in December 2014 requesting DIR/EIP to develop a strategic roadmap.