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Climate for evidence informed health system policymaking in Cameroon and Uganda before and after the introduction of knowledge translation platforms: a structured review of governmental policy documents

Abstract

BackgroundThere is a scarcity of empirical data on African country climates for evidence-informed health system policymaking (EIHSP) to backup the longstanding reputation that research evidence is not valued enough by health policymakers as an information input.Herein, we assess whether and how changes have occurred in the climate for EIHSP before and after the establishment of two Knowledge Translation Platforms housed in government …

Authors

Ongolo-Zogo P; Lavis JN; Tomson G; Sewankambo NK

Journal

Health Research Policy and Systems, Vol. 13, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

12 2015

DOI

10.1186/1478-4505-13-2

ISSN

1478-4505