Evidence Aid newsletter: 16 May 2023
Welcome to Evidence Aid’s May newsletter,
In this month’s edition, we will highlight several exciting and notable announcements including upcoming webinars and conferences we’ve attended, as well as featuring some of our relevant and important evidence collections in relation to ongoing crises. On 27 April 2023, we delivered our most recent bulletin made up of several published summaries on topics related to ethical guidance for disaster response, mental health of migrants, and factors influencing hospital resilience. You can find the web version of that bulletin here.
As always, we encourage you to share any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas for the improvement of, collaboration with, and delivery of our evidence-based research. As we continuously strive to enhance our work, we recognize the importance of your feedback and recommendations. And, if interested, this newsletter has a similar email version to notify you of its release. Please email info@evidenceaid.org if you’d like to receive it.
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Upcoming Events
We are taking part in several upcoming webinars that you might be interested in registering for:
24 May 2023 at 4:00pm BST:
Introducing Phase 2 of the Evidence Aid Collection on Building Resilient Systems in the Context of Health Emergencies and Disasters. Evidence Aid and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) present Phase 2 of their collection of summaries of systematic reviews including the production of 90 new summaries for the Resilient Health Systems collection and an overview of evidence gaps for future research. Hosted by PAHO/WHO with speakers: Dr. Ciro Ugarte, Professor Mike Clarke, and Dr. Sebastián Garcia, among other representatives from international organizations and experts in the field. Register here.
30 May 2023 at 4:00pm BST:
Translating Systematic Reviews to Plain Language Summaries. Presentation on translation of systematic reviews to plain language summaries in the context of the Evidence Aid Resilient Health Systems evidence collection thinking about disasters and other health emergencies. Hosted by African Community for Systematic Reviews & Meta-analyses (ACSRM) with speakers: Claire Allen, Ana Beatriz Pizarro, and Ahmad Firas Khalid. Register here.
12 June 2023 at 5:00pm BST:
Translating Evidence for Policy Makers: The Resilient Health Systems Evidence Collection. This webinar will cover topics including the impacts and contribution of research to ongoing health issues, and the potential gaps in the literature. Hosted by McMaster Global Health Annual Review (GHAR) with speakers: Claire Allen, Luis Gabriel Cuervo and Ana Beatriz Ana Pizarro. Register here.
21 September 2023 at 2pm BST:
Evidence Aid: Summarising Systematic Reviews for Decision-Makers in the Humanitarian Sector. Learn novel ways to present your systematic review. Hosted by Evidence Synthesis Ireland, with speakers: Claire Allen, Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Cristián Mansilla and Ana Beatriz Pizarro. Register here.
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Recent Updates
On 11 May 2023, Ahmad Firas Khalid, on behalf of Evidence Aid and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), presented, “Advancing Knowledge Translations to Contribute to Resilience in Emergency Preparednes
s, Response and Recovery: The Role of Evidence Aid” at the 2023 WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Kilarney, Ireland. His presentation included an overview of our work, including the process by whichwe develop and deliver accessible systematic review summaries relevant to health emergency preparedness and response. The presentation is available here.
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Ongoing Crises
Considering the ongoing crisis in Sudan, in which rival security forces including the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continue to compete for power, we would like to bring your attention to several relevant evidence collections.
Sudan, prior to the outbreak of renewed conflict, was already facing a humanitarian crisis, extreme weather shocks, food insecurity, poverty, and displacement. Our evidence collection, Humanitarian Impact of Climate Change contains relevant information on human mobility in the context of climate change and mental health outcomes of drought. As organizations and policy makers both respond and prepare to respond to the crisis in Sudan, such considerations are imperative.
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Additional Information
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Social media: Four of our volunteers (Leen Khankan, Reem Elferra, Emily Meier, and Molly Murton) promote our summaries and the work of Evidence Aid through several social media accounts. Please follow us to continue to stay up to date on our work and share any content you think is useful.
Commissioned projects: Read more about our ongoing projects here. Volunteers: Vital to the ongoing work of Evidence Aid, volunteers are the backbone of our organization. From searching, screening, and downloading reviews to preparing and writing summaries, the work of volunteers is apparent in every ounce of material we produce. If you’re interested in joining our team please email info@evidenceaid.org. |
What people say about us: “I find Evidence Aid brilliant because of its ethos, value and mission. I have found all the events it created, such as the Humanitarian Evidence Week and the training courses, great opportunities. I love that EA responded to the challenge of a tight economic environment by tapping into the energy of students! It’s such a friendly organisation and I value the humanness of the organisation the longevity of the staff. I encourage my colleagues to use Evidence Aid to look for evidence. Save the Children has a strong ethos of following evidence-based decision processes through ‘common approaches’. Something which is endorsed as a common approach must be evidence-based with an evidence review so staff are encouraged to look to find approaches which already have evidence behind them.” – Prisca Benelli Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor at Save the Children UK
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And a final, exciting final thank you to our new partners, Swiss Tropical and Health Institute, Give for Good, BBC Media Action, and the e-Foundation.
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