37. Thematic Groups can support activities at the preparation, formulation and implementation stages of the Special Programme; from assisting in the selection of pilot zones to visiting field sites, disseminating information, monitoring progress and report writing.
Further documentary analysis would also cover issues such as how far policy-makers drew on research findings in speeches during the policy formulation and implementation stages, and accounts in reports from research funding bodies of their efforts at developing mechanisms to enhance research utilisation.
We focus on these particular barriers, in the policy formulation, coordination, and implementation stages, to gain a greater understanding of what prevents policymakers from fully utilizing available assets and knowledge to achieve effective policy.
We now move on from the "principles of public policy" stage to the "practicalities of design and implementation" stage.
The dynamics involved in the adoption and implementation stages often extend to the stage of sustainability.
Specifically, evidence assists policymakers and stakeholders in identifying priorities, providing a broad choice of policy options to address priorities, informing policy formulation and implementation, and setting the stage for evaluating the outcomes of policies [ 1, 2].
Health systems evidence can enhance policymaking and strengthen national health systems by identifying priorities, providing broader choice of policy options, informing policy formulation and implementation, and setting the stage for evaluating the outcomes of policies [ 1- 3].
This results will facilitate the formulation and implementation of the Phase II.
Although agenda setting generally involves the rise of interest in a policy problem and, in some instances, its corresponding solutions, this process does not guarantee success in subsequent stages of policy formulation and implementation [ 34, 35].
