{"id":1986,"date":"2020-01-24T09:13:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T09:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afcen.nwtdemos.com\/?page_id=1986"},"modified":"2024-01-03T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T14:01:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chs.mak.ac.ug\/afcen\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1986\" class=\"elementor elementor-1986\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75d34e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75d34e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4b9af1\" data-id=\"b4b9af1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-251991d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"251991d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3b0613\" data-id=\"c3b0613\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a07d6ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a07d6ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Vision of the Africa Centre:\u00a0<\/strong>A leading Centre of excellence in evidence synthesis and knowledge translation for public policy in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p><p><strong>Mission of the Africa Centre:\u00a0<\/strong>To transform Africa into an environment that is driven by evidence informed public policy and action and one that is self-reliant in capacity for evidence synthesis and knowledge translation.<\/p><p><strong>Scope:\u00a0<\/strong>Our reach has been throughout Africa including Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan in Eastern Africa; Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria in West Africa; South Africa and Zambia in Southern Africa. Although we initially started with health policy and systems work, we have since supported cross cutting teams in agriculture, engineering and education particularly in methodological approaches to evidence synthesis and knowledge translation. We are part of the Africa Evidence Network (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.africaevidencenetwork.org\/\">www.africaevidencenetwork.org\/<\/a>) with various collaborations with the Campbell Collaboration (<a href=\"https:\/\/campbellcollaboration.org\/\">https:\/\/campbellcollaboration.org\/<\/a>)and the International Centre for Evaluation and Development (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iced-eval.org\/\">www.iced-eval.org\/<\/a>)<\/p><p><strong>Building sustainable capacity for conducting and using evidence in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).\u00a0<\/strong>We support teams through skills building workshops or trainings, policy dialogues, public lectures, presentations to decision makers and conferences on linking evidence to public policy. We have produced various systematic reviews, rapid responses and evidence briefs for policy captured in our health systems portal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vision of the Africa Centre:\u00a0A leading Centre of excellence in evidence synthesis and knowledge translation for public policy in sub-Saharan Africa. Mission of the Africa Centre:\u00a0To transform Africa into an environment that is driven by evidence informed public policy and action and one that is self-reliant in capacity for evidence synthesis and knowledge translation. 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