READ-It

The Research, Evidence and Development Initiative (READ-It): evidence synthesis for sustainable development

READ-It is UK aid-funded research and development that has a single key performance indicator (KPI): Increased number of evidence-informed decisions by global, regional, and national decision makers that benefit the poor, including women.

The key outputs are:

high quality, up-to-date, relevant Cochrane or related systematic reviews;

products that contribute to knowledge uptake, including dissemination products; institutional partnerships to develop policy guidance; and bespoke training programmes linked to improving review output or knowledge uptake;

partners and collaborators with increased competence in high quality evidence synthesis and applying it to policy.

Project Partners

Africa	Lead	South Africa	Stellenbosch University (Deputy Director: Taryn Young), and
	Partners	South Africa	Medical Research Council (joint partnership with Stellenbosch University)
		Zambia	University of Zambia
Asia	Partners	India	Campbell Collaboration – New Delhi office
		India	International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) – South-East Asia Regional Office (USEA)
		Sri Lanka	University of Colombo
Europe	Global lead	UK	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Director: Paul Garner)¹; READ-It Management office, and Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) incorporating HIV/AIDS
	Partner	UK	EPPI-Centre, University College London (UCL)
		Norway	Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC)

1. WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence Synthesis for Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Funding acknowledgment

READ-It (project number 300342-104) is funded by UK aid from the UK government.