Table 4 Summary of participants’ response on the existence of organisational initiatives (mechanisms, processes, tools, strategies and platforms) relevant to evidence-informed policymaking in maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH)

(1) Data collection of MNCH

(2) Strategic knowledge management

(3) Department of Planning, Research and Statistics

(4) Stakeholders meeting to discuss issues

(5) Institutional review board

(6) External stakeholders/review feedback mechanism

(7) Annual conferences

(1) Engagement of relevant stakeholders

(2) Identification of problem, formation of research intervention, dissemination results

(3) Process for evaluating the research proposal

(4) Research priorities defined

(5) Regular tracking of programme indicators

(1) Forms for use in data collection

(2) Workers guideline

(3) Health management information service

(4) Various data tools adapted for the Federal Ministry of Health

(5) Research and evaluation briefs

(6) Score cards

(7) Association journals

(1) Evaluation of results of data submitted

(2) Training and capacity building

(3) Consultative meeting with stakeholders

(4) E-library to access international journals

(5) Internal dissemination of evidence to programme

(6) Evidence-based advocacy

(1) Research division of strategic knowledge management department

(2) Management meetings

(3) Using task force committee

(4) Meetings of core technical committee for MNCH

(5) Stakeholders forum

(6) E-learning platforms and data repositories

(7) Research utilisation department

(8) Internal archival systems