List of tools
The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation Instrument II (AGREE II)
The Appraisal of Guidelines for REsearch & Evaluation (AGREE) Instrument was developed to address the issue of variability in guideline quality. To that end, the AGREE instrument is a tool that as...
Analytical guide to assess a mixed provider payment system
In nearly all countries, several payment methods co-exist and constitute a mixed provider payment system (MPPS). Providers are paid by several payment methods and are faced with several incentives tha...
A system-wide approach to analysing efficiency across health programmes
Health programmes are able to target health interventions for specific diseases or populations, and historically, countries have relied heavily on them to deliver priority services. In low- and middle...
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...
Behavioural and social drivers of vaccination: tools and practical guidance for achieving high uptake
Understanding how people think, feel and act in relation to vaccination is vital to informing the development of strategies to generate acceptance and uptake for the vaccines. Generating and using dat...
Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening
In the previous decades, little was understood about what works in health systems strengthening and how researchers and policymakers can apply it. So, although there was general agreement for the need...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 3: Setting priorities for supporting 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.Policymakers have limited reso...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 9: Assessing the applicability of the findings of a systematic review
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.This article suggests question...
CAPACITI decision-support tool
The Country-led Assessment for Prioritisation on Immunisation (CAPACITI) project aims to strengthen the ability of LMICs to evaluate immunisation options according to their priorities and programme co...
COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction and deployment Costing tool (CVIC tool)
The CVIC tool supports credible COVID-19 vaccination costing to facilitate a dialogue with stakeholders, while maintaining sensitivity to protect essential health services.The CVIC tool provides a str...
OneHealth Tool
The OneHealth Tool is a software tool designed to inform national and subnational strategic health planning in low- and middle-income countries.While many costing tools take a narrow disease-specific...
WHO Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Costing (C4P) Tool
The Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) in WHO has developed a generic costing and planning tool for cervical cancer prevention and control. The WHO Cervical Cancer Prevention a...
SCORE for Health Data Technical Package
The SCORE for Health Data Technical Package has been developed by WHO and partners to assist Member States in strengthening country data systems and capacities to monitor and track progress towards th...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 1: What is 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, the following...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 2: Improving how your organisation supports the use of research evidence to inform 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, ways of organ...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 4: Using research evidence to clarify a problem
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.Policymakers and those support...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 5: Using research evidence to frame options to address a problem
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.Policymakers and those support...
SUPPORT Tools for Evidence-informed Policymaking in health (STP) 6: Using research evidence to address how an option will be implemented
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.After a policy decision has be...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 7: Finding systematic reviews
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.Systematic reviews are increas...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 8: Deciding how much confidence to place in a systematic review
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.The reliability of systematic...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 10: Taking equity into consideration when assessing the findings of a systematic review
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.This article addresses conside...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 12: Finding and using research evidence about resource use and costs
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.This article addresses conside...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 13: Preparing and using policy briefs 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 briefs are a relatively...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 16: Using research evidence in balancing the pros and cons of policies
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, the use of ev...
SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 17: Dealing with insufficient research evidence
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, the issue of...
SPECTRUM Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
SPECTRUM Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GCEA) is a tool developed to facilitate country-level cost-effectiveness analysis of a wide range of health interventions. The tool is populated with...
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...
Preventing child maltreatment: a guide to taking action and generating evidence
The main aim of this guide is to provide technical advice for setting up policies and programmes for child maltreatment prevention and victim services that take into full account existing evidence on...
The project has ended but we can still learn from it! Practical guidance for conducting post-project evaluations of adolescent sexual and reproductive health projects
Many adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) projects encounter and address policy and programmatic challenges, and in doing so, learn valuable lessons. Since careful documentation and rigoro...
Assessing financing, education, management and policy context for strategic planning of human resources for health
This document contains a method for assessing the financial, educational and management systems and policy context, essential for strategic planning and policy development for human resources for heal...
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...