Guidance for conducting a country COVID-19 intra-action review (IAR)
Overview
The WHO Guidance for Conducting a Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) was developed to guide countries to conduct periodic review(s) of their national and subnational COVID-19 response, so countries do not miss critical opportunities for learning and improvement to better respond to the COVID-19 outbreak in their countries. The IAR is a country-led facilitated process conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak in-country, bringing together a small group of COVID-19 responders with knowledge of the public health response pillars under review. Although IARs can be conducted online or face-to-face, the online format is recommended, especially if community transmission remains high in the country. The IAR will identify practical areas for immediate remediation and sustained improvement of the ongoing response.
Guidance for conducting a country COVID-19 intra-action review (IAR): Addendum 1 - 28 April 2021
Tool 1. Concept note template - 28 April 2021
Tool 2. Facilitator's manual - 28 April 2021
Tool 3. Agenda template - 28 April 2021
Tool 4. Presentation template - 28 April 2021
Tool 5. Trigger question database - 28 April 2021
Tool 6.a Note-taking template - 28 April 2021
Tool 6.b Note-taking template: Pillar 10, COVID-19 vaccination - 28 April 2021
Tool 7.a Final report template - 28 April 2021
Tool 7.b Final report template: Pillar 10, COVID-19 vaccination - 28 April 2021
Tool 8. Participant feedback form - 28 April 2021
Tool 9. Participant feedback form - summary table - 28 April 2021
Tool 10. Exemplar story template - 28 April 2021
Tool 11. Conducting safe onsite COVID-19 intra-action reviews during the pandemic - 28 April 2021
It is important to note that the IAR toolkit presented above should be used as “live” working document which can be adapted and customized depending on the context, needs and priorities of the countries conducting the IAR.
Please note that the IAR toolkit may be updated as the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly evolves. Please visit this page before conducting COVID-19 IAR to check for any updates or new versions.
Article on IAR published in the Lancet Global Health (8 October 2020)
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