Table 2 Role of actors in evidence process (generation, dissemination and use) for the Integrated Maternal Newborn and Child Health (IMNCH) strategy
Actor types | Roles in evidence generation | Roles in evidence dissemination | Roles in evidence use |
|---|---|---|---|
Public policymakers and government officials | Supervised the collation of evidence from surveys (DHS) and for the situation analysis (SITAN) | Distributed survey and SITAN reports to other stakeholders | Used all available evidence to: |
1) justify the need for IMNCH strategy | |||
2) determine interventions to be included in the strategy | |||
Development partners and donor agencies | Funding and technical support for: | Distributed MBB tool and Lancet series to public policymakers and technical experts/consultants | No clearly stated role in evidence use |
1) situation analysis (SITAN) and DHS | |||
2) developing the marginal budgeting for bottleneck (MBB) tool | Provided funding to the Federal Ministry of Health to assist in evidence dissemination | ||
Recommended the Lancet series on low-cost effective interventions for maternal and child health (MCH) | |||
Professional groups as members of technical working group | Scoped for and collated published research articles and unpublished technical reports of maternal and child mortality and evaluation of MCH interventions | No stated role in disseminating evidence for the IMNCH strategy | Decided on which evidence was relevant and appropriate for developing the strategy |
Non-government organisations/civil society organisations | No stated role in the whole evidence process | ||