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A regional training in Nairobi, Kenya equipped African public health leaders to deliver a health economics modeling training, creating a sustainable network for evidence-informed policy development.
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Zimbabwe conducted its first D2P Program and the Ministry of Health has advanced recommendations from a policy brief focused on reducing maternal mortality.
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The CDC Foundation and Zambia’s National Health Research Authority held a Data to Policy Training of Trainers to build regional facilitation and mentoring capacity.
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The Philippine Department of Health has mandated all 17 regional health offices to produce evidence-based policy briefs annually using Data to Policy methods.
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Using skills gained through the D2P program, the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka has conducted a thorough analysis of its Universal Health Coverage policy with recommendations to be integrated in the next version of the policy.
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Data Impact organized a regional Train-the-Trainers training in Africa to institutionalize the Data to Policy program and strengthen capacity of local facilitators who will help implement the training.
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The D2P Program in Cameroon prompted the development of policies and communication strategies that respond to the growing burden of breast cancer in the country.
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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.
Learn 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.
