The "Framework for action to improve national institutional capacity for the use of evidence in health policy-making in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 2020-2024" was developed in response to a request by the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean and endorsed in 2019 in resolution EM/RC66/R.5. It proposes a framework to help countries improve their national institutional capacity for evidence-informed policy-making and provides practical actions that Member States can take to build their national institutional capacity and outlines the support WHO can provide to facilitate this process.

To ensure that health policies are appropriate, effective and cost-effective, they need to be based on sound evidence. Evidence-based policy-making is therefore essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and universal health coverage, and its importance is emphasized repeatedly in WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work 2019–2023 (GPW 13).

Countries’ needs, priorities and capacities vary, and the proposed framework is designed to be flexible to accommodate such variations. The framework should be followed up with a strategy for action to guide WHO support for countries in selecting and adopting the institutional settings that are most suited to their national needs.

Framework for action to improve national institutional capacity for the use of evidence in health policy-making in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2020-2024)
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