WHO Collaborating Center for Research Evidence for Sexual and Reproductive Health: Our Success

Influence and Impact

WHO CC Director Herbert Peterson Presents the 2017 Hale Lecture at the ACOG Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA

At the 65th Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) in 2017, Dr. Herbert Peterson delivered the Hale Lecture, “Health and Well-Being for All: Delivering on the Promise for Those We Serve.” This presentation was later adapted for publication in Obstetrics & Gynecology and highlighted the need for “a global commitment to the health and well-being of all.” A full video recording of the Hale Lecture is available to view online.

WHO CC participated in the Policy and Coordination Committee Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.

During an invited presentation to the HRP Policy and Coordination Committee’s June 2016 meeting, Center Director Herbert Peterson discussed implementation science and how WHO may use it more effectively.

Among the committee’s final recommendations are that HRP continues to build its work, partnerships and capacity in the area of implementation research, explore strategies to prioritize, develop and conduct implementation research activities and that HRP organizes a consultation to identify priorities and mechanisms for work on implementation science.

UNC was named by WHO as a lead partner in the global effort to save millions of lives.

The United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) has named the WHO Collaborating Center at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health as an academic hub for a major research commitment to the implementation of a bold new strategy aimed at saving the lives of millions of women, children, and adolescents across the world within the next 15 years.

The Taylor Lecture, presented at the XXI International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) World Congress, Vancouver, 2015.

The 2015 Howard Taylor keynote lecture, “Great Moments in Global Health, and Why We Are in One Now,” was presented by Dr. Herbert Peterson at the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) XXI World Congress. This speech, which examined the developing field of implementation science and how it impacts the progress and improvement of women and children’s health globally, was adapted for Obstetrics & Gynecology and published as a Personal Perspective in their December 2016 issue.

March 2018 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology

The Collaborating Center’s perspectives and contributions to the new and rapidly evolving field of implementation science were published in a commentary entitled, “Implementing Innovations in Global Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health: Realizing the Potential for Implementation Science”. The report was published in the March 2018 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology (PDF).

The Pakistan Health Services Academy (HSA) Team

Implementation for the Professional Learner Program

The Collaborating Center’s contributions to building in-country implementation research and implementation practice capacity were featured in a report led by Pakistan’s Health Services Academy (HSA), entitled, “Learning Active Implementation Frameworks: The Role of Implementation Teams in a Case Study from Pakistan”. The report highlights the contributions of the Collaborating Center’s “Implementation for the Professional Learner Program” toward building core competencies in implementation science and practice and developing and deploying implementation teams. The report was published in the August 25 issue of Global Health Action (PDF).