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Strengthening capacity to use research evidence in health sector policy-making: experience from Kenya and Malawi
BACKGROUND: Among the many barriers to evidence use in decision-making, weak capacity for evidence use has attracted a lot of …
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Mapping evidence of free maternal healthcare financing and quality of care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review protocol
BACKGROUND: Identifying and addressing research gaps on the implementation of free maternal healthcare financing policies and the quality of service …
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Developing evidence briefs for policy: a qualitative case study comparing the process of using a guidance-contextualization workbook in Peru and Uganda
BACKGROUND: Translating research evidence from global guidance into policy can help strengthen health systems. A workbook was developed to support …
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Experiences of capacity strengthening in sanitation and hygiene research in Africa and Asia: the SHARE Research Consortium
The Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) Research Programme consortium is a programme funded by the United Kingdom …
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Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) for Guidelines: Paper 3 – Using qualitative evidence syntheses to develop implementation considerations and inform implementation processes
BACKGROUND: This is the third in a series of three papers describing the use of qualitative evidence syntheses (QES) to …
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Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) for Guidelines: Paper 1 – Using qualitative evidence synthesis to inform guideline scope and develop qualitative findings statements
BACKGROUND: WHO has recognised the need to ensure that guideline processes are transparent and evidence based, and that the resulting …
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A biostatistical support system in health sciences: is this sustainable in a resource-restricted environment?
BACKGROUND: Training in biostatistics is important for strengthening capacity in health research. This is particularly true for Africa, where research …
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Fostering access to and use of contextualised knowledge to support health policy-making: lessons from the Policy Information Platform in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Contextualising evidence to inform policy-making is increasingly recognised as key to developing and implementing effective health policies. Creating a …
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Incremental cost and health gains of the 2016 WHO antenatal care recommendations for Rwanda: results from expert elicitation
OBJECTIVES: High-quality evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness is rarely available and relevant for health policy decisions in low-resource settings. In …
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To what extent is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder considered in policy-related documents in South Africa? A document review
BACKGROUND: South Africa is considered to have the highest prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) globally. Nevertheless, the extent …
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What do the implementation outcome variables tell us about the scaling-up of the antiretroviral treatment adherence clubs in South Africa? A document review
BACKGROUND: The successful initiation of people living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in South Africa fomented challenges of poor …
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The determinants of vaccination in a semi-rural area of Vientiane City, Lao People’s Democratic Republic: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Immunisation is a cost-effective and highly efficacious public health intervention, saving over 20 million lives in the last two …
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Understanding the implementation of Direct Health Facility Financing and its effect on health system performance in Tanzania: a non-controlled before and after mixed method study protocol
BACKGROUND: Globally, good health system performance has resulted from continuous reform, including adaptation of Decentralisation by Devolution policies, for example, …
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Opportunities for linking research to policy: lessons learned from implementation research in sexual and reproductive health within the ANSER network
BACKGROUND: The uptake of findings from sexual and reproductive health and rights research into policy-making remains a complex and non-linear …
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Evaluating health research priority-setting in low-income countries: a case study of health research priority-setting in Zambia
Priority-setting (PS) for health research presents an opportunity for the relevant stakeholders to identify and create a list of priorities …
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Building capacity in primary care rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines: a South African initiative
BACKGROUND: The large number of South Africans with disability who cannot access good quality rehabilitation presents a public health and …
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Advancing the science behind human resources for health: highlights from the Health Policy and Systems Research Reader on Human Resources for Health
Health workers are central to people-centred health systems, resilient economies and sustainable development. Given the rising importance of the health …
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Assessing policy-makers’, academics’ and experts’ satisfaction with the performance of the Palestinian health research system: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There is a growing demand within international health agencies to ensure health research systems (HRSs) are strengthened and well-functioning …
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Gendered health systems: evidence from low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Gender is often neglected in health systems, yet health systems are not gender neutral. Within health systems research, gender …
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Priority-setting in public health research funding organisations: an exploratory qualitative study among five high-profile funders
BACKGROUND: Priority-driven funding streams for population and public health are an important part of the health research landscape and contribute …