07h30 - 09h00

REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE

09h00 - 10h00

WELCOME AND OPENING CEREMONY

• Welcome address by Cochrane Kenya
• Remarks from Director General KEMRI
• Opening remarks by Ministry of Health Official
• Story-telling: The journey of Cochrane Africa

Prof. Charles Obonyo

  PLENARY 1: Kenynote speech: Advancing health decision-making in   Africa

11h00 - 12h30

PLENARY 2: Strategies for bridging the gap between research and health policy implementation

Speakers:

• Dr Ekwaro Obuku
  Africa Centre for Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Translation, Makerere
  University
  Linking research to policy: What works?
• Nange Lissette
  Part-time lecturer, Department of Arts and Archeology, University of Yaounde Eliciting/inciting artistic creativity with scientific [data for bridging the gap between research and health policy implementation: The comings of the two rivers
• Prof Tamara Kredo
  Director, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
  Global Evidence Local Adaptation (GELA) project
• Dr Ntuli Angyelile Kapologwe 
  Head, Disease Surveillance and Management, Tanzania Ministry of Health
  Building the Tanzania national evidence ecosystem

Prof. Mark Engel

Dr Jael Obiero

12h30 - 14h00

LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION

14h00 - 15h30

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

Workshop 1

Developing and adapting clinical practice guidelines

Workshop 2

Introduction to principles and practice of KT

Workshop 3

Policy makers cafe

Workshop 4

GRADE for guidelines

15h30 - 16h00

COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSION

16h00 - 17h30

PLENARY 3:  Panel Discussion – Enhancing KT in our region, best practice cases and opportunities to collaborate

Speakers:

• Dr Bey-Marrie Schmidt
  Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
• Dr Laurenz Mahlanza-Langer
  Executive Director, Pan-African Collective for Evidence (PACE)
• Dr Ettiene Ngeh
  Chair, African Regional Community for the Guideline International Network (GIN) & Head, Physiotherapy Department, St Louis University Institute, Douala, Cameroon
• Lilian Mayieka
  Co-Director, Cochrane Kenya, Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)

Dr Dachi Arikpo

Dr Nyanyiwe Mbeye

17h30 - 19h30

WELCOME RECEPTION

09h00 - 10h30

PLENARY 4:   Innovation in Evidence Synthesis for Health Decision-Making

• Dr Karla Soares Weiser
  Editor in Chief, Cochrane 
  Innovation in evidence synthesis: Can we collaborate to meet decision-
  makers' needs?
• Prof. Ruth Stewart
  Director, Alliance for Living Evidence (ALIVE)
  Alive or dead? A new approach for driving evidence-informed action
• Dr Patrick Okwen
  Team lead, eBASE Africa
  Evidence synthesis for education/gap maps

Dr Britta Jeppesen

10h30 - 11h00

COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING

11h00 - 13h00

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

Workshop 1 - Part 1

Developing a protocol for a systematic review

Workshop 2

Introduction to meta-analysis

Workshop 3

Prevalence estimates reviews

13h00 - 14h00

COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSION

14h00 - 15h30

Workshop 1 - Part 2

Developing a protocol for a systematic review 

Workshop 5

Addressing equity in reviews

Workshop 6

GRADE for systematic reviews

15h30 - 16h00

16h00 - 17h30

CLOSING PLENARY:  Advancing collaboration for EIDM in the region - a call to action

CLOSING AND THANKS

Barbara Miheso