The USAID Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project works to accelerate evidence to use in maternal and child health and related USAID global health priorities, including through innovative methods for packaging evidence on best practices for...
The Rapid Review course held by the Faculty of Public Health University of Indonesia (FPHUI) was the first of its kind at the University, and was a collaboration between USAID’s Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project and the FPHUI. Prior to...
What is the significance of evidence synthesis in public health program and policy? There are various sources of evidence that can serve as a basis for improving health program and policy. Ideally, at the college level, we need to design a large study that serves as a...
As a policymaker, what do you see as the major challenge of using evidence to improve policy? Currently, there are not many stakeholders who use data or research results as scientific evidence to improve health policy. For example, only 15% of provinces used research...
There is increasing movement towards evidence-informed decision making for health policy and systems. Systematic reviews have been commonly used to inform policy decisions and health systems. A systematic review, however, is usually very resource intensive and takes...
The Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Partnership—and eventual Implementation Science Collaborative (to be launched in October)—brings together a diverse set of stakeholders to inform implementation science agendas and implement...
Ester Elisaria, PhD, MSc, currently serves as Tanzania Study Director on a three-country assessment of child and adolescent urban nutrition in East Africa, an effort currently supported by USAID’s Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) Project. The...
The HEARD Project conducted a rapid review of the literature to gain a basic understanding of the nutrition and WASH situation among urban poor children (and adolescents) living in Sub-Saharan Africa—with a specific focus on Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This was...
Multilateral health bodies serve a critical role, bringing diverse ministries of health together in partnership to share best practices and establish norms and standards for health systems. The World Health Organization, as the health arm of the United Nations, and...
Not all babies born in health facilities are delivered in an environment of respect and dignity. Across the globe, in low, middle and high-income countries, women and families often face humiliating and traumatic experiences during institutional childbirth....
