The United Nations plan emphasizes practical, proven interventions.

Just prior to the Summit, WHO publicly called for a "massive effort to tackle infectious diseases" and for creation of "a new mechanism to take proven interventions to scale.

In the mid-1990's, a national survey showed that the quality of care for heart attack patients was being compromised because proven interventions were not used often enough in everyday practice.

Finally, to ensure that evidence-based interventions have maximal benefit to public mental health, NIMH researchers are studying the best approaches for adapting proven interventions to the needs of diverse populations.

"Access for All" calls for extending to all of those in need both sufficient resources and a set of proven interventions to prevent new infections and save lives through effective treatment.

Yet despite a wealth of information on proven interventions like condom use, only a fraction of people at risk of developing AIDS have meaningful access to basic prevention services.

To transform research into better policies and programs, CEGA encourages the scale-up of proven interventions.

The earliest proven intervention occurs during the infant's recovery in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

While a valid and reliable screening tool is important, proven interventions are then needed to improve health outcomes.

When we adapt proven interventions to new settings, we change many factors so we need to have an RCT.