Presentation delivered by Claudia Stein, Director - Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation at the 65th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (Vilnius, Lithuania, 14–17 September 2015)

1. WHO needs evidence for
policy-making?
Claudia Stein, Director
Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation

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Good luck with
bridging this gap….
IEA World Congress of Epidemiology
Plenary Session
7 August 2011
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5. 24-25 March 2015:
First meeting of the EHII
Steering Group

7. • promotes – in support of Health 2020 – the
systematic use of research evidence in policy-
making to improve health systems
• increases country capacity and ownership in
developing sound and effective health policies,
evidence briefs and policy dialogues
• supports the establishment of national advisory
bodies which ensures that policies are grounded in
research evidence
What is the EVIPNet Europe?

8. The European Advisory Committee on Health
Research - subcommittee on enhancing EIP
At its meeting in July 2014, the EACHR:
• formed a subcommittee on EIP;
• requested the RD to draft a Regional EIP
action plan to be submitted to/approved by
the RC;
• option paper was submitted to the SCRC
in December 2014 requesting DIR/EIP to
develop a strategic roadmap.