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It will feature 5 plenary speakers, 74 abstracts, 3 symposia and 13 unique sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The KASH conference was launched in 2011 with the mission of mainstreaming the scientific and health agenda of KEMRI by dissemination, sharing and digesting various scientific outputs and other allied products including networking and strengthening partnerships and collaborations with view to Improving on health and quality of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HIGH-Res engagement at the KASH conference<\/strong><br \/>\nThe\u00a0<em>HIGH-Res<\/em>\u00a0project brings together various\u00a0partners to design, implement and evaluate innovative interventions to strengthen institutional capacity for use of health research in policy-making in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>At the KASH conference, the Kenya HIGH-Res project team will be involved in the following activities:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Keynote Address by the Executive Director Dr. Eliya Zulu\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>[10.10 \u2013 10.35 hrs (EAT), 8 June]<\/em><br \/>\nThe keynote address will be given by Dr. Eliya Zulu, Executive Director \u2013 AFIDEP and will focus on how the government can continuously strengthen institutional capacity for sustained EIDM practice<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Launch of Cochrane Kenya chapter\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>[11.00 \u2013 1.00 hrs (EAT), 8 June]<\/em><br \/>\nThe HIGH-Res project has contributed to the establishment of Cochrane Kenya through its activities with the KEMRI Knowledge Management Unit, involvement in the strategy development for Cochrane Kenya as well as the planning for the formal launch of Cochrane.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Host a symposium on Evidence-Informed Decision-Making (EIDM) to discuss the need to strengthen institutional capacities for evidence use at both the national and county levels\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>[14.00 \u2013 16:00 hrs (EAT), 9 June]<\/em><br \/>\nThe evidence symposium titled\u00a0<strong><em>\u2018Building Resilient Health Systems: Tapping into Research Evidence to Support National Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic\u2019<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will be held virtually on 9 June 2021 at 14.00 \u2013 16.00 pm (EAT) via zoom. The symposium will build on the launch of the Cochrane Kenya with conversations focusing around how Cochrane Kenya can play a role in institutionalising EIDM in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hold post-conference webinar<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the webinar, a brief highlighting the key research results from the KASH conference and their implications for health sector decision-making and programming will be presented. The webinar will target relevant health sector policymakers and implementers, and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Interested participants are required to register in advance for the main conference to attend all sessions.\u00a0To register, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZAsc-6pqjkuHdZfCYAbCCpJH0YVxjLQBIzz\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZAsc-6pqjkuHdZfCYAbCCpJH0YVxjLQBIzz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[2548,2515,2439,2568,2553,2711,2712,2713,2637,2794,3726,2728,2421],"programme":[3016,3014],"country":[804],"cop26":[],"class_list":["post-28662","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","tag-covid-19-fr","tag-eliya-zulu-fr","tag-evidence-fr","tag-health-fr","tag-health-systems-fr","tag-kash-fr","tag-kash-conference-fr","tag-kemri-fr","tag-kenya-fr","tag-kenya-ministry-of-health-fr","tag-ministry-of-health-kenya-fr","tag-pandemic-fr","tag-research-fr","programme-le-renforcement-de-la-capacite-institutionnelle-pour-lutilisation-gouvernementale-de-la-recherche-en-sante-le-projet-high-res","programme-sante-et-bien-etre","country-kenya"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AFIDEP at the 11th KEMRI Annual Scientific Health Conference - African Institute for Development Policy - AFIDEP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/afidep.org\/fr\/event\/afidep-at-the-11th-kemri-annual-scientific-health-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AFIDEP at the 11th KEMRI Annual Scientific Health Conference - African Institute for Development Policy - AFIDEP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AFIDEP, through the\u00a0Heightening Institutional Capacity for Government Use of Health Research (HIGH-Res)\u00a0initiative will be participating at the 11th\u00a0KEMRI\u00a0Annual Scientific and Health (KASH) conference, a virtual forum taking place between 8 \u2013 10 June 2021. 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