Bridging the "Know-Do" Gap

De: Equity, Health & Human Development [mailto:EQUIDAD@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG] Em nome de Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
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Assunto: [EQ] Bridging the "Know-Do" Gap

Bridging the “Know–Do” Gap
Meeting on Knowledge Translation in Global Health

10–12 October 2005 - World Health Organization - Geneva, Switzerland
Organized by the Departments of: Knowledge Management and Sharing (KMS)
Research Policy and Cooperation (RPC) - World Health Organization
With support from: The Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, Canadian International Development Agency, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
WHO Special Programme on Research & Training in Tropical Diseases - WHO/EIP/KMS/2006.2
World Health Organization 2006
Available online as PDF file at: http://www.who.int/kms/WHO_EIP_KMS_2006_2.pdf
“….Bridging the know–do gap is one of the most important challenges for public health in this century. It also poses the greatest opportunity for strengthenging health systems and ultimately achieving equity in global health….”
“…. the meeting on “Knowledge Translation for Global Health” was convened with the following objectives:
1) To learn from country experiences in bridging the knowpdo gap and to develop a typology of knowledge translation approaches in countries;
2) To clarify knowledge translation concepts and frameworks, and to identify effective and feasible practices and approaches; and
3) To identify priorities and mechanisms for knowledge translation research and action in global health.