Data to Policy

In many countries, existing policymaking processes often unfold without the benefit of data and evidence. Too often data are “left on the shelf” and potentially compelling insights that could drive new policies and programs that improve health, increase impact and lower costs are overlooked. Please click here to learn about our Data to Policy Program, our effort to support data-driven policymaking.

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Scientific Communications

This CDC training comprises a 1-week training-of-trainers workshop as well as a 2-week scientific communication course to enhance scientific communication skills for in-country public health officials.

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Analytics for Public Health Practice

Accurate and timely data are necessary to develop a comprehensive health picture of a country or municipality. In many places data are gathered, but not analyzed correctly or in a timely fashion, a waste of time and resources and a lost opportunity to answer important questions.

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CRVS Data Use

Accurate civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) data are critical to understanding national health status and developing appropriate strategies and relevant policies to improve population health. In its absence, countries have an unclear picture of birth and death rates and the causes of death.

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Data-Driven Leadership

A Ministry is enriched by the varied backgrounds of its leadership. Yet these different vectors of experience can make it difficult to develop a shared sense of best practices for approaching data use in decision making.

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Using Data in Health Reporting and Public Communication

Data Impact’s complementary communications initiatives train ministry of health officials and journalists in the effective use of data in public health communication. Effective Use of Data in Public Health Reporting was developed to create an in-country demand for accurate, accessible and transparent data. Guided by the vision that a cadre of journalists, trained in the value of using data in their work, would be more likely to request accurate and timely data from their governments, this initiative builds skills and imparts practical knowledge to working journalists.

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Products

Creating clear and compelling reporting of health data to enhance public understanding of critical public health issues.

Processes

Strengthening practices, structures and policies to institutionalize widespread, high-quality data use.

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