Launch Meeting
20 July 2016
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Agenda
• Introductions
• Review Draft Terms of Reference
• Membership
• Brief demo of website
• Brainstorm CoP-defined activities
• Other foundational activities
• Measuring CoP progress & success
• Next Steps & Action Items
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Who’s who in the CoP
Please introduce yourself by saying your name,
organization/affiliation, and role within the field of malaria
economics research (funder, researcher, programmer, etc).
• Lesong Conteh (Imperial College)
• Silke Fernandes (London School)
• Kamm Schneider (PATH)
• Martin Alilio (USAID/PMI)
• Matthew Boslego (PATH)
• Alison Comfort (Abt)
• Geoffrey Kirkwood (PATH)
• Altea Cico (Abt)
• Chris White (Gates)
• Ben Johns (Abt)
• Edith Patouillard (WHO)
• Elaine Baruwa (Abt/HFG)
• Rima Shretta (UCSF)
• Kelley Ambrose (Abt/HFG)
• Louis Niessen (Swiss Trop)
• Amadou Bah (Swiss Trop)
• Jessica Cohen (Harvard)
• Momodou Kalleh (Malaria Research
Consortium)
• Scott Filler (Global Fund)
• Catherine Goodman (London School)
• Tentative:
• Richard Cibulskis (WHO)
• Justice Nonvignon (University of Ghana)
• Shufang Zang (Global Fund)
• Kieran Daly (Gates)
• Sarah George (Gates)
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How did we get here?
• Impetus for the CoP
• Session at ASTMH 2015
• Re-establishment of RBM
• Advocacy and Resource Mobilization
Partnership Committee (in progress)
• Purpose
To improve the coordination and collaboration
among stakeholders within the field of malaria
economic research (MER)
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CoP Objectives …final?
• To engage an array of stakeholders with knowledge of and/or
expertise in MER in order to promote discourse among various
stakeholder groups and thereby stimulate the production and use
of MER;
• To encourage opportunities for collaboration, engagement, and
interdisciplinary learning across the field of MER; and
• To facilitate the sharing of information, promote visibility, and
ultimately influence policy and practice around malaria
programming using MER.
• Contribute and “feed” into other working groups/committees
• WHO Vector Control Technical Expert Groups, Malaria Policy Advising
Committee
• RBM Advocacy and Resource Mobilization Partnership Committee
• Others??
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QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
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Three Key Deliverables – to anchor CoP
1. MER Framework
2. “Review of Reviews” of existing MER
3. Guidance document for developing recommendations to
support production/use of available data for countryspecific MER
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1. MER Research Framework
• Aims:
• To organize the research by useful terms (e.g. by intervention and
outcome) and categories (e.g. by geography).
• To identify gaps / areas of duplication/concentration of research
initiatives and support prioritization of future research, coordination
among stakeholders, and to promote evidence-based policy.
• Target Audiences:
• Funders, producers, and users of MER
• Illustrative deliverable:
• (together with “review of reviews”) Matrix of existing malaria economic
research, which can be filtered by various fields (e.g. location, type of
research)
• Suggestions for CoP involvement:
• Provide feedback on draft matrix via website
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2. “Review of Reviews” of Malaria Economic Literature
• Aim:
• To understand the breadth and types of MER conducted to date
• To identify gaps / areas of duplication/concentration of research
initiatives and support prioritization of future research, coordination
among stakeholders, and to promote evidence-based policy.
• Target Audiences:
• Funders, producers, and users of MER
• Illustrative deliverable:
• (together with Research Framework) Matrix of existing malaria
economic research, which can be filtered by various fields (e.g.
location, type of research)
• Suggestions for CoP involvement:
• Post/send us your literature reviews to collate
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3. Guidance document for developing recommendations to
support production/utilization of data for MER
• Aim:
• Guide target audience members in making decisions on the type(s) of
MER that would be useful to them given their particular needs
• Describe the types of data that would be needed for each type of MER
• Document best practices on how countries have been able to generate
the necessary data for the purpose of MER, or leverage other already
existing sources of data for MER (for example, DHS surveys)
• Target Audiences:
• Malaria planners/programmers/implementers (e.g. NMCP)
• Country-level decision-makers (e.g., MOH, MOF)
• Funders (e.g., PMI, GF)
• Suggestions for CoP involvement:
• Review draft concept note; contribute to discussions as activity is
formulated
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QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
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Membership
• Open to anyone interested and willing to engage
• Broad and diverse, in hopes of engaging
members from each constituency based in
various locations
• Funders
• Researchers
• Programmers
• Implementers
• Policymakers
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How to engage new members
• Send link to website and invite them to register!
http://malaria-econ-research-community-of-practice.org
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Brainstorm CoP-defined Activities
• Webinars/Online Meetings
• Panel discussion with representatives from each constituency to
discuss challenges, needs
• Match-making exercise (e.g. policymakers’ questions to
researchers)
• Presentations of new research
• Supporting Knowledge Management
• Repository of resources/links on website?
• Your ideas??
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Other foundational activities
• Develop a work plan
• Decide upon communication processes
• Monthly email digests
• Discussion forum on website for idea-sharing
• Identify a long term “home” for the CoP to ensure
sustainability
• Post-September 2017
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Measuring CoP progress & success
• Illustrative indicators:
• # of members, disaggregated by constituency group
• # of members from malaria-endemic countries
• Attendance at webinars/presentations
• # of matchmaking partnerships initiated
• “Hits”/clicks on web resources, links
• Others??
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Next Steps and Action Items
• Review and comment on Draft Research Framework by
next Wednesday, July 27
• Provide any additional comments on ToR by Monday,
Aug 1
• Post/send lit reviews to collate
• Post/send ideas for topics or volunteer to
present on topic of interest to CoP
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ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
THANK YOU!