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Research, Evidence & Development Initiative
(READ-It)
| ?The Research, Evidence and Development
Initiative (READ-It) was an accountable grant funded by UK aid through the
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) (project number 300342-104)
and?? ran from 15 May 2018 to 31 December 2024. READ-It built upon the previous
work of the UK aid-funded Effective Health Care Research Consortium (EHCRC)
(grant number 5242). |
The Research, Evidence & Development Initiative (READ-It) programme has a track record of over 20 years in being trusted partners of national and international policymakers, in conducting high-impact, responsive rigorous evidence synthesis, and in delivering it in time to inform global and national policy and practice decisions.
For the period from 15th May 2018 to 6th December 2024, our key performance indicator was to increase the number of evidence-informed decisions by global, regional and national decision makers that benefit the poor and vulnerable, including women.
Our unique position to achieve this impact stems from:
- Our leadership in doing evidence synthesis:
- identifying the right topics,
- using robust methods and
- delivering timely evidence synthesis to inform for policy and national, regional, and international levels.
- Our leadership in capacity enhancement for conduct and use of evidence synthesis, we advance methods for conducting evidence synthesis and in doing so enable others to do the same.
- Our programme has been reflexive to the shifting ecosystem, to developments in the field, using reflection on progress to date to develop strong academic, technical, and strategic direction.
Over the project period we have achieved a lot.
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??READ-IT TEAM ADVANCING GLOBAL AND NATIONAL GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT
?READ-It played core methodological roles and informed national and global guideline and policy development. In Year 2 READ-It staff and activities pivoted to COVID-19 global and national priorities, whilst continuing to work on “core" READ-It projects and reviews. Across the 5-years:
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CONDUCTING IMPACTFUL EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS AND ADVANCING METHODS?
| ?The methods and evidence-to-policy procedures that READ-It developed play a significant role in underpinning World Health Organization (WHO) and country governments' responses and has delivered immediate impact on policy, practice, and health outcomes, particularly for vulnerable populations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). READ-It's work on high-impact reviews and 'core' projects continued throughout the programme and cumulatively since 2018, READ-It has exceeded the planned targets for high-impact reviews - delivering more than three times the cumulative planned target.
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READ-IT TEAM AS INFLUENCERS
| ?READ-It team members have blazed trails through
impactful involvement in conducting evidence synthesis, developing sustainable
capacity and leadership, progressing methods and innovations in conducting and
promoting the use of evidence synthesis, and building purposeful partnerships. |
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IMPACT - CASE STUDIES IN NUTRITION, TB, COVID-19, AND QUALITATIVE SYNTHESIS
READ-It have completed case studies to illustrate the phenomenal impact and reach of the collaborative initiative.
- READ-It evidence is informing guidelines and changing practice for people with TB worldwide
- READ-It is catalysing influential nutrition evidence synthesis and capacity building in LMICs
- READ-It influenced timely evidence synthesis in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- READ-It is informing policy and changing practice with syntheses of qualitative research??
