Initiatives supporting evidence informed health system policymaking in Cameroon and Uganda: A comparative historical case study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ongolo Zogo, Pierre ^a,d   Lavis, John N ^b   Tomson, Goran ^c   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Evidence informed health system policymaking, Knowledge translation platform, Health systems, Low and middle income countries, Governance, Comparative case study, Cameroon, Uganda

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE; EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NARRATIVE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALE UP; SCIENTIST; STAFF; SYNTHESIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UGANDA; UNIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CAMEROON; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UGANDA;

EID: 84964314821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0612-3     Document Type: Article

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