Support Team - McMaster Health Forum and WHO partner to support evidence-informed policymaking

Recognizing the valuable contributions made by the McMaster Health Forum over the past eight years, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional office for the Americas – the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) – renewed the Forum’s designation as the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy for another four-year term, with Forum director John Lavis as its director. In this capacity, the Forum will continue to support the priorities of WHO and PAHO, particularly in the field of evidence-informed policymaking. The re-designation will present the Forum with many ongoing opportunities for extending the reach and impacts of its innovative mechanisms for supporting evidence-informed policymaking.

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