A D2P policy brief in Bolivia informed the development of a technical standard to improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among high-risk populations.
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Uganda’s Advanced Field Epidemiology Training Program fellows transformed data to actionable public health knowledge in a civil registration and vital statistics workshop.
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A high-level side event at the National Health Institute Scientific Conference highlighted the value of mortality data and strengthened institutional engagement to ensure data are used for decision-making.
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Rwanda’s Data to Policy training led to an integrated immunization tracker (E-tracker) that improved vaccination coverage and informed national immunization policy.
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Data Impact launched two new tools on policy advancement and health economics to support the analysis for policy brief development and the advancement of proposed recommendations.
Read MoreBloomberg Philanthropies | Data for Health Initiative
Today, approximately half of all deaths in the world go unrecorded; accordingly, health policy decisions are often based on inadequate information. Data for Health, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Gates Foundation, partners with countries to improve public health data and use of data for policymaking.
Collaborating institutions in the Initiative are: Vital Strategies, CDC Foundation, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Pan American Health Organization, U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific, U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Howard University, The Pacific Community, and the World Health Organization.
