Urban Health
Urban Health
Ensuring Healthy Development Among the Poor
The Implementation Science Collaboration on Urban Health in East Africa was born out of an initial round table consultation hosted by the East, Central and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC) which identified critical nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) evidence gaps in the region. The Collaboration’s combination of policy advocacy and practical research influenced a regional Health Minister’s resolution (“ECSA/HMC/67/R3”). The resolution underscores the importance of evidence-based approaches that serve the specific needs of the urban poor. Within the national contexts of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, the stakeholder-engaged process accelerated advances related to policy, program and future research needs for children and adolescents in urban poor settings.
Our Approach
Policy/Advocacy
Stakeholder
Engagement
Process

Consultative
stakeholder
engagement around
urban NUT/WASH
priorities

Continued awareness
and dialogue among
policy/advocacy
platforms at all levels

Policy/program
commitment to
addressing NUT/
WASH in the region

Opportunities for
policy and practice
changes are realized
Enable Parallel Processes to Advance IS Goals
Research
Process

Development of
relevant IS questions

Study
implementation,
including evidence
review, data collection,
and analysis

Packaging
of findings

Wider
dissemination
Nutrition and WASH Country Activities
Resources
Synthesis of Findings Brief
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Gaps, Opportunities, and Recommendations Brief
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Merged Urban Health Database
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