Strengthening capacity to apply health research evidence in policy making: Experience from four countries

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 161-170

  Hawkes, Sarah ^a   Aulakh, Bhupinder K ^b   Jadeja, Nidhee ^c   Jimenez, Michelle ^c   Buse, Kent ^d   Anwar, Iqbal ^e   Barge, Sandhya ^f   Odubanjo, M Oladoyin ^g   Shukla, Abhay ^h   Ghaffar, Abdul ^b   Whitworth, Jimmy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Alliance Hlth Plcy and Syst Res   (Switzerland)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f Centre for Operations Research and Training   (India)

^g The Nigerian Academy of Science   (Nigeria)

^h Support for Advocacy and Training to Health Initiatives   (India)

Author keywords

Capacity strengthening; Evidence informed policy; Policy

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; BANGLADESH; CAPACITY BUILDING; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION; SCIENTIST; AFRICA; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

AFRICA; BANGLADESH; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONS; POLICY MAKING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84964658595     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv032     Document Type: Article

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