WHO Global Evidence-to-Policy (E2P) Summit

Evidence as a catalyst for policy and societal change. Towards more equitable, resilient and sustainable global health.

The E2P Summit provides a forum to capitalize on the lessons learned in evidence-informed policy-making in times of COVID-19. The event offers a platform for researchers, policymakers, health actors, civil society organizations and media representatives to spark new collaborations across the evidence ecosystem. Together, they will explore pathways to strengthening crisis-resilient country capacities, and spurring progress towards achieving WHO's triple billion targets and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The COVID-19 pandemic marks a turning point for evidence-informed health policy- and decision-making. Policy-makers, healthcare providers, and research actors faced major challenges in translating a rapidly evolving body of new evidence into tangible response efforts, and health policy decisions received unprecedented public attention. Where trusted relationships and dedicated governance structures for agile knowledge translation existed, often played a key role for promoting the use of best available evidence for responsive and timely decision-Visit making. In numerous countries, however, translating the latest global evidence into national health policy and programmes posed major technical and political challenges.

The Summit is organized by WHO's Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet), a global leader in empowering countries to put actionable evidence into the hands of users. With its global network and community of practice, EVIPNet country teams have been running successful knowledge translation initiatives in more than 50 countries.