Everyones a winner the pros and pros of

Everyone’s a winner - the pros and pros of volunteering with Evidence Aid Isla Kuhn @ilk 21 @evidenceaid June 2018

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Our mission To alleviate suffering and save lives by providing the best available evidence on the effectiveness of humanitarian action and enabling its use. 1. To increase the use of the best available evidence in Our objectives humanitarian emergency response. 2. To develop understanding of the aims and objectives of Evidence Aid among our peers and those who influence the humanitarian sector. 3. To become financially sustainable to achieve these objectives.

• Gather, review & make available best evidence Our main activities • Reformat/translate, summarise and distribute • Build working relationships with relevant opinion leaders • Meetings and events to discuss • Training for practitioners and policy makers

Our purpose To stimulate, create and satisfy an increasing demand for evidence to improve the impact of humanitarian aid by stimulating the use of an evidence-based approach.

Our core messages We enable you to take an evidence based approach to humanitarian aid and persuade others to do the same

“This is no longer acceptable. The sector must increase its efforts to demonstrate impact and it must use evidence on what works and what does not and why to improve its performance. ” 1 1 – Humanitarian Emergency Response Review, Chaired by Lord (Paddy) Ashdown, page 28, March 2011.

What do I know? Evidence matters What skills do I have? Searching Synthesising Organising

Contributing to an existing collection: Zika

Creating synopses of new reviews on zika & dengue virus Slack – “there’s articles for you to synthesis” Mendeley – get the article Google Drive – write the synopsis Dropbox – share it Slack - “I’ve done it!” Website - published

Contributing to the creation of a new collection: Prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition in emergencies and humanitarian crises http: //www. evidenceaid. org/prevention-and-treatment-of-acutemalnutrition-in-emergencies-and-humanitarian-crises/

What was (is) involved? • • Devising the search strategy Running the searches (multiple databases) Deduplication Title/abstract screening • double screening • Dispute resolution • Full text reviewing • Double screening • Dispute resolution • Process tracking • Regular conference calls & emails

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How to get involved How to Get Involved ● Currently recruiting volunteers ○ Students and professionals from all countries are welcome! ○ Contact info@evidenceaid. org ● @Evidence. Aid ● Facebook ● Linked. In

Thank you! Any questions?