WHO dossier/Evidence-Informed Policy-Making
Part 04 · EIP baseline

Policy evidence is not only data; it is context, judgement, and trust.

The paper starts from evidence-informed policy-making as a disciplined way to use research, data, practice-based insight, and evaluation across policy design, implementation, and review.

What WHO maps

Evidence before AI.

policy baseline
Research

Scientific and evaluative evidence

Systematic reviews, trials, observational evidence, economic evaluation, and implementation evidence remain foundational.

Data

Operational and population signals

Policy questions often need timely data, surveillance, service use, and real-world information.

Context

Practice and lived knowledge

Evidence use also depends on local feasibility, public values, affected groups, and system capacity.

Reflection

Questions before tool choice.

iFeed use

What policy decision is being informed? What evidence is already trusted? What evidence is missing? Which assumptions are contested? Who needs to be involved before an AI-assisted output is used?