Tuesday, 3 November
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10.00 - 11.30
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Africa Centre for Systematic Reviews & Knowledge Translation
The aim of the Africa Centre at Makerere University's College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) is to build capacity for knowledge translation for public policy in Africa cutting across health, education and food security. The session will start with an introduction to the Africa Centre-Campbell initiative in Uganda.
Chairs Ekwaro A. Obuku, Makerere University, Uganda
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Capacity building
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Ekwaro A. Obuku
Makerere University, Uganda |
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Development evaluations in Uganda 2000-18: A country evaluation map
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Carole Otike
Makerere University, Uganda |
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Scoping review of the evidence on women's groups in Uganda
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Eve Namisango
Makerere University, Uganda |
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Research on available research on sexual and reproductive health
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Ruth Babirye
Makerere University, Uganda |
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Youth employment evidence and gap map: Interventions to increase youth employment
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Robert Apunyo
Makerere University, Uganda |
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Covid-19 Makerere University research and innovation rapid evidence synthesis
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Moses Ocan
Makerere University, Uganda |
12.30 - 14.00
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Child and adolescent welfare
This session will address the effectiveness of interventions and support that aim to protect children and adolescents from harm, or that focus on promoting healthy growth and development.
Chair Fiona Campbell, Sheffield University, UK
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Rapid scoping exercise of Campbell and Cochrane reviews to identify the current range relevant to children and young people, and gaps in the existing evidence
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Fiona Campbell
Sheffield University, UK |
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Global evidence synthesis priorities raised as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Kerry Albright
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti |
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Changing evidence on adolescence
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Nathan Hughes
University of Sheffield |
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Discussion: Methodological issues in the evidence synthesis of child and adolescent wellbeing interventions
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Panel members
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15.00 - 17.00
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Panel discussion: The Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) at WWGS 2020
PEP is a Southern-based global organisation that supports locally-led, locally-designed research initiatives in developing countries. This session will discuss PEP’s approach to contextualising research for policy use, as well as the experience of three PEP grant recipients in Argentina, Malawi and Guinea Bissau.
Moderator Jane Mariara, PEP, Kenya
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Designing and contextualizing research to solve specific policy problems – with case studies from Argentina, Malawi and Guinea Bissau
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Panel members:
Maria Laura Alzua & Marjorie Alain Guillermo Cruces Levison Chiwaula Sebastian Schäber |