Politicians, officials and health workers need to strengthen policymaking processes and effectively counter the industry tactics used to delay regulatory responses.
Strengthening evidence- informed policies depends on a myriad of factors: availability of effective guides and providing technical support to KT country teams; leadership commitment, political engagement and shared ownership at the country-level, strengthened policymaking institutions (i.e. MOH), and conducting ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the use of evidence into policy.
Strengthening health policymaking by using effective KT strategies requires serious efforts by both policymakers and researchers.
To our knowledge, this is the first study to bring together senior policymakers, stakeholders and researchers from EMR countries to explore issues related to strengthening health policymaking through KT.
Findings from this study can guide efforts and direct resources towards strengthening health policymaking in countries through KT.
Mr Abe, by contrast, has strengthened economic policymaking within the prime minister's office, and reinvigorated the key body of the early Koizumi years, the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, stuffing it with reformists.One of its members, Takatoshi Ito, of Tokyo University, says the ideas spilling out of the council point to a new stage of change for Japan.
By exploring policymakers' views and practices regarding the use of health systems evidence in 10 countries from the Middle East and assessing contextual influences in health policymaking, this study is an effort to provide essential knowledge that can be used to design, promote and sustain effective KT strategies that would strengthen health policymaking in the region.
Many countries in the region are currently in the process of developing and expanding national KT platforms aimed at strengthening evidence-informed policymaking.
The project was successful in meeting its objective as defined by the national-level log frame: strengthening national BCC policymaking and NCHP's capacity to support BCC at the national and provincial level.
Effective use of research to inform policymaking can be strengthened by policymakers undertaking various research engagement actions (e.g., accessing, appraising, and applying research).
