IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES INITIATIVE
Margaret Usher-Patel, Suzanne Reier, Lou CompernolleWHO/RHR/USAID/IBP Secretariat
On behalf of: Partners of the IBP Initiative
Working with countries to close the knowledge to practice gap
IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
A diverse group of agencies, working as a team, on a cost-sharing basis, toward a common goal, is a powerful mechanism for creating communities of practice focused on taking knowledge into practice
22 IBP Partners Founding IBP Partners WHO/RHR USAID UNFPA EngenderHealth FHI IPPF IntraHealth JHPIEGO JHUCCP MSH and Advance Africa Consortium Pathfinder International and Catalyst Consortium Public Health Institute
New IBP Partners Centre for African Family Studies, Kenya Centre for Development and Population Activities International Council on Management of Population Programs Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown Univ. John Snow Inc. Partners in Population and Development Population Council Program for Appropriate Technology in Health Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care, Makerere University, Uganda
University Research Co LCC. and the Quality Assurance Project
IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
GOAL: Improve family planning practices
CHALLENGE: Bridging the gap between the transfer application and scaling up of effective practices
Gap PracticeEvidence
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Individuals
Global Community
CoPs
The IBP / ECSFacilitates collaborative learning
and knowledge sharing
Country to country and in-country transfer and exchange of knowledge
Transfer of local knowledge, experience, success stories and lessons learned
Collaborative learning, working and knowledge sharing
An innovative web-based system that functions through emails designed to encourage:
IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
IBP / ECS ObjectivesBuild on the aims of the IBP Initiative
Country to country and in-country
• Improve access to effective practices and global expertise
• Facilitate the adaptation and utilisation of resources
• Facilitate communication and exchange • Facilitate collaboration• Capture and share challenges, experiences, and
lessons learned• Promote transfer and exchange of information:
success stories, innovations and lessons learned
http://www.ibpinitiative.org Members Login PageMembers Login Page
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This system works with you but it will not work without you!
Global – everyone is welcome
Discussion forums and virtual workspaces
Global library of international publicationsYou can ask for your story to be published
Global announcements, calendar and task manager
Archives and tracks global and community discussions and online meetings
Global and community contact lists
My IBP
The myIBP page lists:
•Coordinator suggestions including suggesting a new community or a new member
•Your References
•Your Communities
•Global information
• All the communities you are a member of
Community Tools Overview Library Discussions Announcements Contacts Calendar
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Community Email AddressCommunity Email Address
All you can do with a document in your Library
Create and AnnouncementCreate and Announcement
Email KnowledgeEmail Knowledge
Check Out and Check InCheck Out and Check In
Let's discuss this doc pleaseYou should read this doc it is really interesting
This Document has greatly aided my understanding of the topic, thanks
Recommend KnowledgeRecommend Knowledge
Create a MeetingCreate a Meeting
Add a CommentAdd a Comment
DiscussionsAll messages sent to the community email are stored in the discussions area, attachments to these emails are automatically stored in the library Inbox
When you reply to a discussion item, you automatically respond to the entire community
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If you want to start a discussion you can send it to the community email address without going into the system
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This system works with you but it will not work without you!
You own your community.You invite members to join.You are welcome to join other communities and global discussions
Discussion forums and virtual workspacesLinks with other communities
Local community libraries of the materials you need, stories, lessons learned
Community announcements, calendar and task manager
You communicate through email but the system archives and tracks community discussions and online meetings
Community contact lists
IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
It is easy to use
Linking people with people
Its SMART
Try it out!
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