Project Announcement

November 4, 2008

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Knowledge for Health (K4H) September, 2008-September, 2013

 

Purpose:

K4H is a world-wide knowledge exchange and use project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Its goal is to improve the provision of family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) and other health services in developing countries using proven knowledge management approaches. The project’s purpose is to transfer knowledge to health care decision-makers and program managers in developing countries—people whose actions affect service provision and actual providers of services.  K4H will be led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs in collaboration with Family Health International (FHI) and Management Sciences for Health (MSH).
 
Priority Areas:
The project will provide global leadership in knowledge synthesis, exchange and use for USAID’s health activities, with particular emphasis on FP/RH, as well as in the development of high-quality, medically and scientifically accurate content that can be linguistically and culturally adapted for local use. 
 
Major components will include:
-A mechanism for identifying, defining and responding to field-based information needs;
-A process to “capture” and synthesize global and local knowledge, including what works locally, new program innovations, research, global technical guidance, effective protocols and best practices;
-A variety of formats or vehicles to convey that knowledge, including short, targeted publications, tools, job aids, and e-learning courses, and a variety of vehicles to deliver the knowledge.
-A host of electronic venues and “forums” to allow for exchange of knowledge across programs, participation in the development of publications, and creation of materials to fit users' own unique needs.
 
For more information, contact:
 
Earle Lawrence
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs

TEL: 410-659 6300

 

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