Prof Jane Noyse - World Health Organisation

WHO Alliance commissions important implementation reviews

Professor Jane Noyes and Dr Arash Rashidain from the School of Healthcare Sciences have been funded by the World health Organisation Alliance to undertake an important review on doctor nurse task shifting. They will be collaborating on this and another review (task shifting and lay health workers) with Dr Simon Lewin and Dr Claire Glenton from the Norwegian Knowledge centre in Oslo, Dr Chris Colvin from Cape Town South Africa and Dr Metin Gulmezoglu from WHO.
The WHO Alliance includes the following partners: The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (HSS/AHPSR); Special programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction; Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), and Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (FCH/CAH).
The reviews have been commissioned to inform guideline development on strategies for Implementing Interventions for Achieving MDGs 4, 5 or 6 as part of an Implementation Research Platform.
For further information contact: Professor Jane Noyes jane.noyes@bangor.ac.uk

Invitation to speak at WHO in Geneva

Professor Jane Noyes presented a seminar at WHO in Geneva on the evolving role of qualitative evidence in Cochrane intervention reviews. The invited seminar on 31st May addressed important methodological questions and challenges concerning mixed-method evidence synthesis that face both organisations.
Jane Noyes is Co-Chair of the Cochrane Methods Executive, and lead convenor of the Cochrane Qualitative Research methods Group. The Cochrane Collaboration was accepted as a Non Governmental Organization in Official Relations with the WHO in January 2011, establishing a partnership with formalized communication between the two organizations.
For further information contact: Professor Jane Noyes jane.noyes@bangor.ac.uk

NICE commissions important tobacco harm reduction reviews

Professor Jane Noyes from the School of Healthcare Sciences is part of a collaboration that has been commissioned to undertake 4 reviews on tobacco harm reduction to inform NICE guidelines. The team is led by Dr Alison Weightman, Director, Support Unit for Research Evidence (SURE) at Cardiff University. Jane is Lead Convenor of the Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group.
For further information contact: Professor Jane Noyes jane.noyes@bangor.ac.uk