Dr Mbah Patrick Okwen

Patrick is a medical officer, researcher, and the team lead at eBASE Africa. He is active across the evidence ecosystem with a focus on evidence implementation in health and education. Patrick is active within global evidence communities including Africa Evidence Network, Cochrane, Campbell, JBI, GIN, and COVID-19 Recmaps. He has been awarded the Robert Boruch Award in honour of his contributions to promoting the use of evidence to inform policy and practice.

At eBASE his team seeks to improve livelihoods through innovations and best practice and especially for underserved populations. The team is innovating African storytelling approach for mobilizing research evidence uptake for households, practitioners, and policymakers through pilot projects funded by Ambassade de France au Cameroun and Grand Challenges Canada. His team is using innovations including 3-Dimensional qualitative and geospatial data at district level to increase uptake of vaccinations using community health workers in Cameroon.

Twitter: @okwen and @ebase_africa