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	WHO = > Programmes and = projects=20 > Research = policy=20 > Evidence-Informed=20 Policy Network > EVIPNet=20 policy briefs =20

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EVIPNet Africa's first series of = policy briefs=20 on malaria treatment

Six countries in sub-Saharan have developed their = own set=20 of policy briefs on how to improve access to malaria = treatment=20 working with EVIPNet (Evidence-informed policy = network).

EVIPNet was set up in response to a 2005 World = Health=20 Assembly resolution calling for WHO to establish or = strengthen=20 =E2=80=9Cmechanisms to transfer knowledge in support = of evidence-based=20 public health and health care delivery systems and=20 evidence-based related policies=E2=80=9D

This is a significant achievement because it = represents=20 the first time that policy-makers, researchers, and = members of=20 civil society in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central = African=20 Republic, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Uganda have = collaborated=20 with each other to better use scientific evidence to = produce=20 health policies.

To develop the policy briefs, EVIPNet country teams = adopted=20 tools designed to use WHO guidelines, several = systematic=20 reviews addressing health systems issues, and national = health=20 information. The tools allow countries to make policy = that=20 responds to their own needs and resources.

The EVIPNet tools are now being applied to = different=20 problems in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the = Caribbean.=20 These include: maternal and child mortality; the = integration=20 of noncommunicable diseases programmes at community = level;=20 effective financing of primary health care; and = outbreak=20 response.

The International Journal of Technology Assessment = and=20 Health Care has published the six countries=E2=80=99 = policy briefs in=20 acknowledgement of their usefulness and high quality. =

Options for improving malaria treatment: = Introduction
Oxman, A. D., Yohannes, A. M., = &=20 R=C3=B8ttingen, J. (2010). Options for improving = malaria treatment:=20 Introduction. International Journal of Technology = Assessment=20 in Health Care, 26(2), 1.
EVIPNet Africa's first series of policy = briefs to=20 support evidence-informed policymaking
Lavis, = J. N.,=20 Panisset, U. (2010). EVIPNet Africa's first series of = policy=20 briefs to support evidence-informed policymaking.=20 International Journal of Technology Assessment in = Health Care,=20 26(2), 4.
Policy brief on improving access to=20 artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria in = Burkina=20 Faso
Kouyat=C3=A9, B., Nana, V. (2010). Policy = brief on=20 improving access to artemisinin-based combination = therapies=20 for malaria in Burkina Faso. International = Journal of=20 Technology Assessment in Health Care, 26(2), 4.
Policy brief on improving access to=20 artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria in = Cameroon
Ongolo-Zogo, P., Bonono, R. C. (2010). = Policy=20 brief on improving access to artemisinin-based = combination=20 therapies for malaria in Cameroon. = International=20 Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, = 26(2), 5.=20
Policy brief on improving access to=20 artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria in = Central=20 African Republic
Gresenguet, G., Moyen, M., = Koffi, B.=20 & Bangamingo, J. P. (2010). Policy brief on = improving=20 access to artemisinin-based combination therapies for = malaria=20 in Central African Republic. International = Journal of=20 Technology Assessment in Health Care, 26(2), 4.
Policy brief on improving access to=20 artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria = control in=20 Ethiopia
Kebede, A., Woyessa, A., Urga, K., = Messelle,=20 T. & Jima, D. (2010). Policy brief on improving = access to=20 artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria = control in=20 Ethiopia. International Journal of Technology=20 Assessment in Health Care, 26(2), 4.
Policy brief on improving access to=20 artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria = control in=20 Mozambique
Mbofana, F., Machatine, G. & = Moreira, C.=20 (2010). Policy brief on improving access to = artemisinin-based=20 combination therapies for malaria control in=20 Mozambique. International Journal of Technology = Assessment in Health Care, 26(2), 4.
Policy brief on improving access to=20 artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria in = the=20 East African community
Nabudere, N., Upunda, G. = L.=20 & Juma, M. (2010). Policy brief on improving = access to=20 artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria = control in=20 the East African community. International = Journal of=20 Technology Assessment in Health Care, 26(2), 5.=20

Lancet 2010 article on informed public policy=20 decisions=20

Lancet 2008 article on = EVIPNet=20 Americas
Lancet=20 EVIPNet Sep08 [pdf 123kb]

Lancet 2005 article on = EVIPNet Asia=20
:: Lan= cet=20 EVIPNET Nov05 [pdf 206kb]

EVIPNet selected articles=20

EVIPNet News

How to subscribe to = EVIPNetNews=20 ?
Please send an e-mail to listserv@who.int with = =E2=80=9Csubscribe=20 evipnetnews firstname and lastname=E2=80=9D in the body of = the message=20 (without any =E2=80=9C =E2=80=9D). The subject line can be = left blank.=20

Donors interested in supporting EVIPNet country = teams=20
Contact Dr Ulysses Panisset panissetu@who.int

Dr Ulysses Panisset
panissetu@who.int

Isabelle=20 Wachsmuth-Huguet
hugueti@who.int

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