Knowledge Networks

How the Knowledge Networks operate

As the Commission begins its final year before publishing its final report in May 2008, the Knowledge Networks it established in different regions have completed their first interim reports. These reports will inform the Commission's interim statement to be published later this year for broader consultation. Sarah Simpson, Coordinator of the Networks, answers frequently asked questions about the process of the Networks. Also in this section, you will find the latest information about the Priority Public Health Conditions Network.

There are nine Knowledge Networks:

Early Child Development

Well established evidence illustrates that opportunities provided to young children are crucial in shaping lifelong health and development status.

• Early Child Development Knowledge Network

Globalization

The scope is to examine how globalization’s dynamics and processes affect health outcomes: trade liberalization, integration of production of goods.

• Globalization Knowledge Network

Health Systems

The focus will be on innovative approaches that effectively incorporate action on social determinants of health. Recommendations will be relevant for countries with tight resources.

• Health Systems Knowledge Network

Measurement and Evidence

The focus is on leading the development of methodologies and tools for measuring the causes, pathways and health outcomes of policy interventions.

• Measurement and Evidence Knowledge Network

Urban Settings

The focus will be on urbanizations, particularly broad policy interventions related to healthy urbanization, and will closely examine slum upgrading.

• Urban Settings Knowledge Network

Employment Conditions

It will help to develop measures to clarify how different types of jobs, threat of unemployment affect workers’ health.

• Employment Conditions Knowledge Network

Social Exclusion

It will examine the relational processes that lead to the exclusion of particular groups of people from engaging fully in community, social life.

• Social Exclusion Knowledge Network

Priority Public Health Conditions

It will review factors in the design and implementation of programs that increase access to health care for socially and economically disadvantaged groups.

• Priority Public Health Conditions Knowledge Network

Women and Gender Equity

It will focus on mechanisms, processes and actions that can be taken to reduce gender-based inequities in health by examining different areas.

• Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network

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