Unit for Health Evidence and Policy

This proposal outlines the establishment of a pilot Unit for Health Evidence and Policy within CDT-Africa, a World Bank African Centre for Excellence based at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Building on strong operational research into Neglected Tropical Diseases, and existing relationships within Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health, the Unit for Health Policy and Evidence will identify challenges to research uptake, pilot and evaluate an approach to improving research uptake, and produce a framework to guide future research uptake in this setting and possibly more broadly.

The pilot Unit for Health Policy and Evidence will be a 12-month project, divided into two Periods.

Period 1 will comprise stakeholder consultation through two Theory of Change workshops and other interviews as necessary.

During Period 2, research uptake in an NTD area defined in Period 1 will be evaluated using the Diversity Approach (see below).

A Research Uptake Framework will be developed and a dissemination workshop held with key national and international stakeholders.