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Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) are partnerships between healthcare organisations and universities in England. Their mission is to generate novel treatments, technologies, diagnostics and other intervention...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:70
Published on: 14 August 2017
Research
Chronic diseases are a serious and urgent problem, requiring at-scale, multi-component, multi-stakeholder action and cooperation. Despite numerous national frameworks and agenda-setting documents to coordinate...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:69
Published on: 8 August 2017
Research
As a well-known theory in studying the effective factors on behaviour, the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) is frequently used in evaluating the health behaviour of people and healthcare providers, but rarely...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:66
Published on: 4 August 2017
Research
Indigenous people in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America experience disproportionately poor mental health compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. To optimally allocate resour...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:67
Published on: 4 August 2017
Research
The capacity to demand and use research is critical for governments if they are to develop policies that are informed by evidence. Existing tools designed to assess how government officials use evidence in dec...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:65
Published on: 1 August 2017
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For 20 years, substantial effort has been devoted to catalyse health policy and systems research (HPSR) to support vulnerable populations and resource-constrained regions through increased funding, institution...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:64
Published on: 28 July 2017
Research
In 2010, the Italian Ministry of Health decided to start the planning process to elaborate the National Plan of Prevention 2010–2012 jointly with the 21 Regions. The National Institute of Health was responsibl...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:63
Published on: 27 July 2017
Research
This paper is one of three linked studies that attempts to understand the process of institutionalisation of policy units within Burkina Faso’s health system. It examines the relationships between the existenc...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:62
Published on: 17 July 2017
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Aware of the advantages of a project steering committee (SC) in terms of influencing the development of evidence-based health policies, the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) encouraged and supported the ...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):50
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Research
Despite improvements over time, West Africa lags behind global as well as sub-Saharan averages in its maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) outcomes. This is despite the availability of an increasing body ...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):54
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Review
As in other areas of international development, we are witnessing the proliferation of ‘traveling models’ developed by international experts and introduced in an almost identical format across numerous countri...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):60
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Research
The need for locally-driven, locally-generated evidence to guide health policy and systems decision-making and implementation in West Africa remains urgent. Thus, health policy and systems research (HPSR) is a...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):55
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Research
The implementation of mobile health (mHealth) projects in low- and middle-income countries raises high and well-documented expectations among development agencies, policymakers and researchers. By contrast, th...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):47
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Research
In Nigeria, interest in the evidence-to-policy process is gaining momentum among policymakers involved in maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH). However, numerous gaps exist among policymakers on use of re...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):48
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Research
Since the Commission on Health Research for Development (COHRED) published its flagship report, more attention has been focused on strengthening national health research systems (NHRS). This paper evaluates th...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):46
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Research
The many forms of healthcare fee exemptions implemented in Burkina Faso since the 2000s have varied between total exemption (free) and cost subsidisation. This article examines both options, their contextual v...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):58
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Commentary
West Africa has adopted numerous strategies to counter maternal and infant mortality, provides national maternal and infant health programmes, and hosts many active technical and financial partners and non-gov...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):53
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Research
The number of maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa continues to be overwhelmingly high. In West Africa, Sierra Leone leads the list, with the highest maternal mortality ratio. In 2010, financial barriers were...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):49
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Introduction
West Africa was the focus of global attention during the Ebola virus disease outbreak, when systemic health system weaknesses compounded a serious emergency and complicated response efforts. Following the cris...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15(Suppl 1):52
Published on: 12 July 2017
This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1
Research
The Localities Embracing and Accepting Diversity (LEAD) programme was established to improve the health of ethnic minority communities through the reduction of racial discrimination. Local governments in the s...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:61
Published on: 11 July 2017
Research
The demand to use information and communications technology (ICT) in education and research has grown fast among researchers and educators working in global health. However, access to ICT resources and the cap...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:59
Published on: 28 June 2017
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We assessed the ability of the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (MMSF, a small not-for-profit foundation affiliated with Manitoba Blue Cross) to determine the best candidates for selection to receive resear...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:57
Published on: 19 June 2017
Opinion
The aim of this article is to inform readers of the author’s reflections on the experience of transferring university-based research into the commercial sector, and of the processes and strategies employed whe...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:56
Published on: 17 June 2017
Review
The extent to which routinely collected HIV data from Zambia has been used in peer-reviewed published articles remains unexplored. This paper is an analysis of peer-reviewed articles that utilised routinely co...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:51
Published on: 13 June 2017
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Health service reconfigurations are of international interest but remain poorly understood. This article focuses on the use of evidence by senior managerial decision-makers involved in the reconfiguration of s...
Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 15:45
Published on: 9 June 2017
