Institutional capacity to generate and use evidence in LMICs: current state and opportunities for HPSR

Abstract Background Evidence-informed decision-making for health is far from the norm, particularly in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Health policy and systems research (HPSR) has an important role in providing the context-sensitive and -relevant evidence that is needed. However, the...

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Main Authors: Zubin Cyrus Shroff, Dena Javadi, Lucy Gilson, Rockie Kang, Abdul Ghaffar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Health Research Policy and Systems
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12961-017-0261-1