IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES INITIATIVE

Margaret Usher-Patel, Suzanne Reier, Lou CompernolleWHO/RHR/USAID/IBP Secretariat

On behalf of: Partners of the IBP Initiative

Working with countries to close the knowledge to practice gap

IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

A diverse group of agencies, working as a team, on a cost-sharing basis, toward a common goal, is a powerful mechanism for creating communities of practice focused on taking knowledge into practice

22 IBP Partners Founding IBP Partners WHO/RHR USAID UNFPA EngenderHealth FHI IPPF IntraHealth JHPIEGO JHUCCP MSH and Advance Africa Consortium Pathfinder International and Catalyst Consortium Public Health Institute

New IBP Partners Centre for African Family Studies, Kenya Centre for Development and Population Activities International Council on Management of Population Programs Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown Univ. John Snow Inc. Partners in Population and Development Population Council Program for Appropriate Technology in Health Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care, Makerere University, Uganda

University Research Co LCC. and the Quality Assurance Project

IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

GOAL: Improve family planning practices

CHALLENGE: Bridging the gap between the transfer application and scaling up of effective practices

Gap PracticeEvidence

IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Individuals

Global Community

CoPs

The IBP / ECSFacilitates collaborative learning

and knowledge sharing

Country to country and in-country transfer and exchange of knowledge

Transfer of local knowledge, experience, success stories and lessons learned

Collaborative learning, working and knowledge sharing

An innovative web-based system that functions through emails designed to encourage:

IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

IBP / ECS ObjectivesBuild on the aims of the IBP Initiative

Country to country and in-country

• Improve access to effective practices and global expertise

• Facilitate the adaptation and utilisation of resources

• Facilitate communication and exchange • Facilitate collaboration• Capture and share challenges, experiences, and

lessons learned• Promote transfer and exchange of information:

success stories, innovations and lessons learned

http://www.ibpinitiative.org Members Login PageMembers Login Page

Sign Up/InformationSign Up/Information

Log-in

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This system works with you but it will not work without you!

Global – everyone is welcome

Discussion forums and virtual workspaces

Global library of international publicationsYou can ask for your story to be published

Global announcements, calendar and task manager

Archives and tracks global and community discussions and online meetings

Global and community contact lists

My IBP

The myIBP page lists:

•Coordinator suggestions including suggesting a new community or a new member

•Your References

•Your Communities

•Global information

• All the communities you are a member of

Community Tools Overview Library Discussions Announcements Contacts Calendar

John Smith

Community Email AddressCommunity Email Address

All you can do with a document in your Library

Create and AnnouncementCreate and Announcement

Email KnowledgeEmail Knowledge

Check Out and Check InCheck Out and Check In

Let's discuss this doc pleaseYou should read this doc it is really interesting

This Document has greatly aided my understanding of the topic, thanks

Recommend KnowledgeRecommend Knowledge

Create a MeetingCreate a Meeting

Add a CommentAdd a Comment

DiscussionsAll messages sent to the community email are stored in the discussions area, attachments to these emails are automatically stored in the library Inbox

When you reply to a discussion item, you automatically respond to the entire community

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If you want to start a discussion you can send it to the community email address without going into the system

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This system works with you but it will not work without you!

You own your community.You invite members to join.You are welcome to join other communities and global discussions

Discussion forums and virtual workspacesLinks with other communities

Local community libraries of the materials you need, stories, lessons learned

Community announcements, calendar and task manager

You communicate through email but the system archives and tracks community discussions and online meetings

Community contact lists

IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

It is easy to use

Linking people with people

Its SMART

Try it out!

www.ibpinitiative.org Or write to info@ibpinitiative.org