Background: Gaps continue to exist between research-based evidence and clinical practice.
We surveyed health care providers in 10 low-and middle-income countries about their use of …

Background: Many international statements have urged researchers, policy-makers and
health care providers to collaborate in efforts to bridge the gaps between research, policy …

Can it work? Will it work? Is it worth it? These three questions constantly face health policy-
makers, for whom access to the most relevant and useful evidence is critical. However …

Background Evidence-based public health requires that research provides policymakers
with reliable and accessible information reflecting the disease threats. We described the …

Background Systematic reviews of research are increasingly recognised as important for
informing decisions across policy sectors and for setting priorities for research. Although …

OBJECTIVE: To describe how the SUPPORT collaboration developed a short summary
format for presenting the results of systematic reviews to policy-makers in low-and middle …

Objectives To identify ways to improve the usefulness of systematic reviews for health care
managers and policy-makers that could then be evaluated prospectively. Methods We …

Objective To describe systematic review production in 41 countries in Africa, the Americas,
Asia and the eastern Mediterranean to understand one dimension of the climate for …

There is widespread evidence of failure to implement health interventions that have been
demonstrated to be cost-effective by high-quality research; this failure affects both high …

Introduction: high-quality health research is needed in Africa to find innovative solutions for
health care challenges on the continent. However, research output remains low, and …