SUPPORT-SYSTEMS (47) Meeting the information needs of health policy makers (3)

25 May, 2022

Dear Tarry

Thanks for the very interesting input on the mental health LAPs [Leadership and Advocacy Programmes] in West Africa. [ https://www.hifa.org/dgroups-rss/support-systems-44-meeting-information-... ]

I was wondering if you could say a bit more about the kinds of information or evidence that stakeholders brought to discussions in these bodies (for example, on people's experiences of mental health care or service use data), and also how these kinds of information were used?

Is the end of programme evaluation report that you led available online?

Best wishes

Simon

HIFA profile: Simon Lewin is a health systems researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (www.fhi.no/en/) and the South African Medical Research Council (www.mrc.ac.za). He has a keen interest in how research evidence can be used to inform decisions for health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and at the global level in multilateral organisations such as the WHO. As Joint Co-ordinating Editor of Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC: epoc.cochrane.org) and lead for the Norwegian EPOC satellite, he has played a key role in strengthening Cochrane’s work in the field of health systems and in developing Cochrane methods for qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane is a HIFA supporting organisation and Simon is a member of two HIFA working groups: CHWs; and SUPPORT-SYSTEMS - How can decision-making processes for health systems strengthening and universal health coverage be made more inclusive, responsive and accountable?

http://www.hifa.org/support/members/simon

http://www.hifa.org/projects/community-health-workers

https://www.hifa.org/projects/new-support-systems-how-can-decision-makin...

Email: simon.lewin AT fhi.no