Health Equity: 10/14/08

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

[EQ] Call for Nominations 2009 The Carso Health Institute Awards in health, nutrition and environment

THE CARSO HEALTH INSTITUTE:
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE THREE CATEGORIES OF THE 2009 CARSO AWARDS IN HEALTH, NUTRITION AND ENVIRONMENT

Convocatoria abierta del 9 de septiembre 2008 al 16 de enero 2009

Award amount: $100,000 American dollars

Final date of submission: January 16^th, 2009

Website: http://www.salud.carso.org/ca_pcs_09.html

The CARSO AWARDS, an initiative of the Carso Health Institute, aim at promoting the development of human capital in Latin America and the Caribbean and strengthening the formation of leaders that can push forward the research and innovation agenda in the region within the health and nutrition fields.

1. PREMIO CARSO for Life Achievement in Research

This award honors those individuals who, after devoting their professional lives to research in the fields of health, nutrition or the environment, have irrefutably contributed to the development of the health sciences and have promoted leadership of the Latin America region in these areas.

2. PREMIO CARSO for Technological Innovation

This award is aimed at acknowledging front-line people or institutions whose promotion of innovative applications in communications technology has contributed to bringing health and its benefits closer to the population of Latin America.

3. PREMIO CARSO for Outstanding Institution

This award pays tribute to those programs of non-for profit organizations whose contribution within the Latin American Region, whether academic or in the field, represents new and better health, nutrition and environmental alternatives for the population in the region.

On its first edition, the Carso Award winners were:

2008 Carso Award for Outstanding achievement in health research - Dr. Cesar Victora, Brazil

2008 Carso Award for innovations in health systems - Dr. Guillermo Soberón, Mexico

2008 Carso Award to outstanding institutions or programs - Socios en Salud , Sucursal Peru

El INSTITUTO CARSO DE LA SALUD CONVOCA A LA COMUNIDAD MUNDIAL A PRESENTAR NOMINACIONES PARA LAS TRES CATEGORÍAS DEL PREMIO CARSO EN SALUD Y NUTRICIÓN 2009

1. Premio Carso a la Trayectoria en Investigación
Este premio honra a aquellas personas que habiendo dedicado su carrera profesional a la investigación en el campo de la salud, nutrición o medio ambiente han contribuido fehacientemente al desarrollo de las ciencias de la salud y promovido el liderazgo de la región latinoamericana en estas materias.

2. Premio Carso a la Innovación Tecnológica
Este premio busca reconocer a las personas o instituciones de vanguardia que al promover aplicaciones innovadoras en materia de tecnología de comunicación hayan contribuido a acercar la salud y sus beneficios a la población de América Latina.

3. Premio Carso a la Institución excepcional

Este premio honra los programas de aquellas instituciones de carácter no lucrativo cuya contribución, ya sea académica o de trabajo en campo dentro de la región latinoamericana, represente nuevas y mejores alternativas en materia de salud, nutrición y medio ambiente para la población de la región.

Monto por categoría: $100,000 dólares americanos

Cierre de la convocatoria: Enero 16, 2009

Website: www.salud.carso.org

OBJETIVO Y DESCIPCIÓN DE LOS PREMIOS

Los Premios Carso tienen como objetivo impulsar el desarrollo del capital humano en América Latina, estimulando la formación de líderes en el campo de la salud cuyas investigaciones e innovaciones promuevan el bienestar de la población de la región.

En su primera edición, los ganadores de los Premios Carso 2008 fueron

Premio Carso 2008 a la trayectoria personal en investigación en salud - Dr. César Victora, Brasil

Premio Carso 2008 a la innovación en la mejora de los sistemas de salud - Dr. Guillermo Soberón, México

Premio Carso 2008 a la Institución excepcional - Socios en Salud, Sucursal Perú

Mtra. Victoria Márquez-Mees - rectora de Inversión Social

Instituto Carso de la Salud victoria.marquez@salud.carso.org tel. 5255.5339.1796

Premios Carso en Salud Nutrición y Medio Ambiente 2009 Convocatoria abierta del 9 de septiembre 2008 al 16 de enero 2009

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[EQ] The role of monitoring and evaluation in evidence-based policy making

Bridging the gap

The role of monitoring and evaluation in evidence-based policy making

Editor: Marco Segone

UNICEF, the World Bank and the International Development Evaluation Association

Available online as PDF file [220p.] at:

http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/evidence_based_policy_making.pdf

“……This publication offers a number of strong contributions from senior officers in institutions dealing with Evidence-based policy making.

These institutions are national and local governments, UNICEF, the World Bank and the International Development Evaluation

Association. It tries to bring together the vision and lessons learned from different stakeholders on the strategic role of monitoring and

evaluation in evidence-based policy making. These stakeholders are policy-makers, in their role of users of evidence, and researchers

and evaluators, in their role of suppliers of evidence.

The concept of ‘evidence-based policy making’ has been gaining currency over recent years. The use of strong evidence can make a
difference to policy making in at least five ways:

• Achieve recognition of a policy issue.

• Inform the design and choice of policy.

• Forecast the future

• Monitor policy implementation.

• Evaluate policy impact…..”

Contents

Editorial

Part 1: Evidence-based policy making

Evidence-based policy making and the role of monitoring and evaluation within the new aid environment,

by Marco Segone, Senior Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, UNICEF CEE/CIS and past Vice President, IOCE

The relationship between evaluation and politics, by Ove Karlsson Vestman, Director, Mälardalen Evaluation

Academy, and Vice President of the Swedish Evaluation Society; and Ross F. Conner, University of California, President of IOCE

Monitoring and evaluation, and the knowledge function, by David Parker, Deputy Director, UNICEF Innocenti Research Center

Helping countries build government monitoring and evaluation systems. World Bank contribution to evidence-based policy making, by Keith Mackay, Coordinator, Evaluation Capacity Development, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank

Ten step to a results based monitoring and evaluation systems, by Jody Zall Kusek, Chief, Global HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Group, World Bank, and Ray Rist, Advisor, Public sector management

Part 2: The strategic intent of evaluations, studies and research

Enhancing the utilization of evaluations for evidence-based policy making, by Michael Bamberger, former Senior Evaluator, World Bank

Country-Led Evaluation, by Marie-Helene Adrien, President, IDEAS and Dennis Jobin, Vice President, IDEAS

Joint Country-Led Evaluation of the policies related to child well-being within the social protection sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Azzedina Vukovic, Directorate for Economic Planning, Council of Ministers of Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Debora McWhinney, Deputy Representative, UNICEF Bosnia & Herzegovina

Part 3: The strategic intent of data collection and dissemination

The strategic intent of data collection and analysis. The case of Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), by Daniel Vadnais

and Attila Hancioglu

The strategic intent of data dissemination. The case of DevInfo, by Nicolas Pron, DevInfo Global Administrator, Division of Policy and Planning, UNICEF Headquarters

Using DevInfo as a strategic tool for decision making.

Achievements and lessons learned in Moldova, by Mohamed Azzedine Salah, Deputy Representative, UNICEF Moldova

Using DevInfo to support Governments in monitoring National Development Strategies. The case of the Republic of Serbia, by Dragana Djokovic-Papic, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, and Oliver Petrovic and Vladica Jankovic, UNICEF Serbia

Using DevInfo as a strategic tool to facilitate local communities’ empowerment. The case of Serbia, by Vladan Vasic, Mayor of Pirot, and Oliver Petrovic and Vladica Jankovic, UNICEF Serbia

Annexes

New Trends in Development Evaluation

Available online as PDF file [121p.] at:

http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/New_trends_Dev_EValuation.pdf

“….As the development framework changes, the evaluation function should also change accordingly. This process of reshaping the evaluation function is just beginning and it is impossible to foresee its final shape. Nevertheless, in order to stimulate debate, it is desirable to attempt to formulate the key trends….”

Table of Contents

I. Acknowledgement

II. Introduction

1: Why Evaluate?

The evolution of the evaluation function

The status of the evaluation function worldwide

The Importance of Evaluation Associations and Networks

The oversight and M&E function

2: How to Evaluate?

Evaluation culture: a new approach to learning and change

Democracy and Evaluation

Democratic approach to evaluation

3. Programme Evaluation Development
4. References

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[EQ] World Health Report calls for return to primary health care approach

World Health Report calls for return to primary health care approach

World Health Organization – WHO - 2008

Available online as PDF [148p.] at: http://www.who.int/whr/2008/whr08_en.pdf

14 October 2008 -- There are striking inequities within and between countries in health outcomes, in access to care, and in what people have to pay for care, says the World Health Report 2008 launched today.

To steer health systems towards better performance and greater equity, the report calls for a revival of the primary health care approach launched 30 years ago.

“….The report critically assesses the way that health care is organized, financed, and delivered in rich and poor countries around the world and documents a number of failures and shortcomings that have left the health status of different populations, both within and between countries, dangerously out of balance….”

:: Primary health in action: examples from countries

PRESS RELEASE

- World Health Report calls for return to primary health care approach

- English [pdf 42kb]
- French [pdf 55kb]
- Russian [pdf 203kb]
- Spanish [pdf 48kb]

SUMMARY OF THE REPORT

- Primary Health Care - Now More Than Ever

- Arabic [pdf 63kb]
- Chinese [pdf 103kb]
- English [pdf 37kb]
- French [pdf 65kb]
- Russian [pdf 106kb]
- Spanish [pdf 17kb]

Report by chapters

- Contents [pdf 129kb]
- Introduction and overview
- Chapter 1: The challenges of a changing world
- Chapter 2: Advancing and sustaining universal coverage
- Chapter 3: Primary care: putting people first
- Chapter 4: Public policies for the public’s health
- Chapter 5: Leadership and effective government
- Chapter 6: The way forward
- Index [pdf 124kb]

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