Users Guide to USAID/Washington Health Programs

Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH): PEC
Knowledge for Health (K4Health)
Agreement Type:
Leader With Associate
Cooperative Agreement
Agreement Number:
GPO-A-00-08-00006
Project Number:
936-3091.04
Duration:
9/08 - 9/13
Geographic Scope:
Worldwide
COR/AOR:
Madeleine Short Fabic
Telephone:
(202) 712 - 5904
Fax:
(202) 216 - 3046
Email:
mshort@usaid.gov
TA:
Peggy D’Adamo
Telephone:
(202) 712 - 4301
Email:
mdadamo@usaid.gov
Activity Director:
Piers Bocock
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health,
Center for
Communication Programs
Telephone:
(410) 659 - 6383
Fax:
(410) 659 - 6266
Email:
pbocock@jhuccp.org
Purpose
Health service providers, program managers, and policymakers need to
access and use quality, relevant health information to effectively perform
their work. Unfortunately, multiple barriers to health information exist,
particularly in the developing world. K4Health is designed to remove
impediments to accessing and adapting health information and to facilitate
knowledge exchange at global, regional and local levels.
Services Provided
K4Health provides global leadership in health knowledge management
- the synthesis, exchange, adaptation and use of health information. The
project’s major components include:
A global web portal, www.k4health.org, offering:
• A Google custom search tool to help users quickly find vetted resources;
• eLearning courses for rapid or just-in-time learning;
• eToolkits with specialized materials on priority health topics; collections
that users can design, develop, or modify to meet local needs;
and
• Virtual discussion forums that provide participants access to a community
of experts around the world;
• Data on health information needs, preferences for obtaining and sharing
information, and typical uses of information technologies; and
• Field-based information needs data collection tools and programming
to respond to identified needs.
Regional and country knowledge management platforms, contributing:
• A compilation of key health information materials provided in local
languages including the Family Planning Global Handbook and Wall
Chart;
• Novel and easy ways to access health information at local levels;
• mHealth applications to improve information exchange amongst providers;
and
• A process to gather information from health workers and facilitate the
exchange of information amongst them.
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Means of Access
Field Support and Associate Awards