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The three-day workshop will begin on 22 &#8211; 24 May 2019, at the EKA Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya<\/p>\n<p>The workshop will bring together a total of 30 AAS Fellows from West and East Africa that have reached the highest level of excellence in their field of expertise and have made contributions to the advancement of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) in Africa. It will be facilitated by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chs.mak.ac.ug\/content\/nelson-k-sewankambo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Nelson Sewankambo<\/a>, Makerere University College of Health Sciences;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ke.linkedin.com\/in\/jpr-ochieng-odero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. JPR Ochieng\u2019-Odero<\/a>, National Research Fund; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ke.linkedin.com\/in\/kathyola-damson-13b18836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Damson Kathyola<\/a>, Director of Research, Malawi Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[2456,2705,2741,2459,2421],"programme":[3000,3011],"country":[819,801,803,804,805,808,809,814,816],"cop26":[],"class_list":["post-28769","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","tag-eidm-fr","tag-ela-fr","tag-evidence-leaders-in-africa-fr","tag-evidence-informed-decision-making-eidm-fr","tag-research-fr","programme-gouvernance-et-responsabilite","programme-les-leaders-de-la-preuve-en-afrique-le-projet-ela","country-benin","country-ethiopia","country-ghana","country-kenya","country-malawi","country-nigeria","country-rwanda","country-tanzania","country-uganda"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scientists from across Africa convening to explore their role in governments\u2019 uptake of evidence use in policy-making - African Institute for Development Policy - AFIDEP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Evidence is critical in identifying the most effective interventions for transformational development outcomes. 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