Data Impact’s Data toPolicy (D2P) enhancement activities aimed to promote country-led advancementand adoption of policy recommendations developed through D2P whilestrengthening the health economic analysis of policy options. In September2025, in collaboration with its Policy Accelerator Program, Vital Strategieslaunched eight new online modules, which provide an overview of the IMPACTFramework for Policy Advancement. These new online modules will enable greaterreach and more efficient support for policy advancement in countries.Specifically, they will be used to provide a shared framework and methods forpolicy advancement across the DIP global team, conduct training on policyadvancement with D2P policy teams, and support policy advancement effortslinked to other DIP activities that result in concrete policy recommendations,such as public health reports. They will also serve as a shared resource forother Vital Strategies programs.

As part of the healtheconomics component,Vital Strategies supported the development of additional features in theopen-source Amua modeling platform which are particularly relevant toLMICs aswell as Vanderbilt University’sQuick Start guide for economic evaluation. In September, the latest version of Amua was released, incorporating French and Spanish-language versions of the software as well as new features enabling modeling of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The software update also enables rapid translation into other languages. The French and Spanish versions will be used in upcoming D2Pprograms in Paraguay, Bolivia, Cameroon and Sénégal.