EVIDENCE AS TOOL FOR POLICY MAKING: EVIPNET IN MACEDONIA
EVIDENCE AS TOOL FOR POLICY MAKING: EVIPNET IN MACEDONIA

Summary/Abstract: EVIPNet envisions a world in which policy-makers and other stakeholdersuse the best available research evidence to inform policymakingfor health. Evidence is needed to clarify what services and programs tooffer or cover, how to deliver those services, financial arrangements, governancearrangements, and how to implement change, while prioritizingwithin the limited available resources.It is of great importance that the focus is on the priority issues that shouldbe considered and reviewed by the national team such as the situation withmigration affecting not only the country but also the whole region, theair pollution in urban areas which is already an issue high on the agendaand demands considerable reviews and expertise on the different aspectstowards finding systematic solutions, issues around the safety of the healthprofessionals who are handling the health needs of the migrants and soforth.Joining Evidence-Informed Policy Network is a great opportunity andhave full support from the Ministry of Health, who can help the beginningof creating and institutionalizing new culture of structured use of evidenceto inform policy making processes, not only in the health sector but alsofor the health and wellbeing in general. The national EVIPNet team will bestructured by multi-sectoral body including academic and scientific membersbut also professional associations and civil society organizations inorder to democratize the process of making priorities and defining appropriatealternatives for issue solution, policy making, implementation andmonitoring/evaluation of the achievements for better health for all.

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