Identifying and characterising health policy and system-relevant documents in Uganda: A scoping review to develop a framework for the development of a one-stop shop

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mutatina, Boniface ^a   Basaza, Robert ^a,b   Obuku, Ekwaro ^a,e   Lavis, John N ^c,d   Sewankambo, Nelson ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b International Health Science University   (Uganda)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clearinghouse; Evidence informed policy; Framework; Health policy and system documents; Low and middle income countries; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REHABILITATION CARE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UGANDA; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; UGANDA;

EID: 85011664758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-017-0170-3     Document Type: Article

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