Communicate and engage
Communication and Advocacy Checklist: EVIPNet Europe
The aim of this document is to serve EVIPNet Europe country teams and WHO country offices as a summary of the major communication considerations associated with communicating about and advocating for...
Beginning with the end in mind: planning pilot projects and other programmatic research for successful scaling up
The Beginning with the end in mind tool offers recommendations for designing and implementing a pilot, demonstration or implementation research project with scaling up in mind. This document is based...
Nine steps for developing a scaling-up strategy
The Nine Steps for developing a scaling-up strategy tool and associated worksheets are based on the ExpandNet framework and provide stepwise guidance to develop a sc...
Practical guidance for scaling up health service innovations
The Practical Guidance tool identifies general scaling-up principles and provides examples from case studies of successful scale-up initiatives. It is helpful at the design stage, during implementatio...
TDR Implementation Research Toolkit
This toolkit provides deeper learning on implementation research, helping people learn a standard process that can lead to results that can be compared across regions and countries. It is designed to...
Implementation Research in Health: A Practical Guide
Implementation issues arise as a result of a range of factors including ‘real world’ contextual factors that are either overlooked or not captured by other research disciplines. Implementation researc...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 15: Engaging the public in evidence-informed policymaking
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.In this article, we address st...
SURE Guides for Preparing and Using Evidence-Based Policy Briefs 8. Informing and engaging stakeholders
SURE Guide 8 is part of the SURE Guides for Preparing and Using Evidence-Based Policy Briefs. The SURE Guides are intended for those people responsible for preparing and supporting the use of policy b...
WHO handbook for guideline development
A WHO guideline is any document developed by the World Health Organization containing recommendations for clinical practice or public health policy. A recommendation tells the intended end-user of the...
Evidence briefs for policy. Using the integrated knowledge translation approach. Guiding manual
Evidence Briefs for Policy (EBPs) are a relatively new, innovative approach to packaging research evidence for policy-makers; however, they are already the most widely used tool. EBPs are prepared by...
Country cooperation strategy guide 2020: implementing the Thirteenth General Programme of Work for driving impact in every country
The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) is WHO’s strategic framework to guide the Organization’s work in and with a country. It responds to that country’s National Health and Development Agenda and ide...
Making GRADE the Irresistible Choice authoring and publication platform (MAGICapp)
MAGIC (Making GRADE the Irresistible Choice) is a non-profit foundation with the goal of increasing value and reducing waste in healthcare through a digital and trustworthy evidence ecosystem. MAGICap...
Rapid reviews to strengthen health policy and systems: a practical guide
Policy-makers require valid evidence to support time-sensitive decisions regarding the coverage, quality, efficiency, and equity of health systems. Systematic reviews and other types of evidence synth...
A Guide for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making, Including in Health Emergencies
This guide aims to bring together the most recent thinking in the EIDM field and to present this in a format that is accessible to a wide audience of EIDM practitioners. It builds on, and contextuali...
How to implement influenza vaccination of pregnant women: An introduction manual for national immunization programme managers and policy makers
This manual serves as a primary resource and a catalogue of optional tools to help users to decide, plan and implement maternal influenza vaccination strategies and to foresee and address potential ch...
Helmets: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners, 2nd edition
Safe, quality helmets reduce the risk of death in a road crash by over six times, and reduce the risk of brain injury by up to 74%. Head trauma is the leading cause of death for riders, and motorcycle...
A strategic approach to strengthening control of reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections: use of the programme guidance tool
The Programme Guidance Tool (PGT) facilitates an action-oriented process that can be used by decision-makers to set goals and directions and to prioritize interventions for addressing the problem of r...
Developing national action plans on transport, health and environment: a step-by-step manual for policy-makers and planners
A national transport, health and environment action plan (NTHEAP) is a key tool and mechanism for developing sustainable and healthy transport in a country. NTHEAPs provide a comprehensive and inter...
Strengthening national evidence-informed guideline programs. A tool for adapting and implementing guidelines in the Americas
The purpose of this document is to present policy-oriented and methodological strategies for developing and/or strengthening national guideline programs, focusing on the adaptation of evidence-informe...
Policy Dialogue Preparation and Facilitation Checklist - EVIPNet Europe
The aim of this document is to guide policy dialogue (PD) facilitators and their teams (including the WHO country office and the evidence brief for policy team) in leading a PD process that will effec...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 14: Organising and using policy dialogues to support evidence-informed policymaking
This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers.Policy dialogues allow researc...
SURE Guides for Preparing and Using Evidence-Based Policy Briefs 7. Organising and running policy dialogues
SURE Guide 7 is part of the SURE Guides for Preparing and Using Evidence-Based Policy Briefs. The SURE Guides are intended for those people responsible for preparing and supporting the use of policy b...
Implementing citizen engagement within evidence-informed policy-making: an overview of purpose and methods
This overview provides a fundamental understanding of citizen engagement (CE) and its relevance to the evidence-informed policy (EIP) work of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Member States....