Work packages and
deliverables
Relevant
research syntheses to address priority policy questions
Deliverables:
relevant, reliable, accessible and timely research syntheses for
policymakers
Strategies for
improving access to research syntheses and policy-relevant research evidence
Deliverables:
User-friendly formats for research syntheses and clearing houses for
research syntheses and policy relevant research
Mechanisms to
respond rapidly to policymaker needs for research evidence
Deliverables:
Rapid response mechanisms to meet policymakers’
needs for research evidence within short time frames (hours or days)
Strategies for
facilitating the use of research evidence to inform policy decisions
Deliverables:
Methods for stakeholder involvement, including deliberative forums involving
policymakers, researchers and stakeholders; and other methods for involving
civil society and the general public
Building
capacity for evidence-informed health policy
Deliverables:
Resources for building capacity to support access to and use of research
evidence to inform health policy decisions
Evaluation of
African initiatives to improve the use of research to inform health policy
decision
Deliverables:
Comparative evaluation of African initiatives, assessing advantages and
disadvantages of different approaches in different contexts; and
impact
evaluation using case studies and interviews for two initiatives
Dissemination
of project results
Deliverables:
Website,
an international conference on evidence-informed health policy, video
documentaries