Evidence-informed policymaking in practice: country-level examples of use of evidence for iCCM policy.

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Published in Health Policy Plan on December 01, 2015

Authors

Daniela C Rodríguez1, Jessica Shearer2, Alda R E Mariano3, Pamela A Juma4, Sarah L Dalglish2, Sara Bennett2

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dept. of International Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA, drodri17@jhu.edu.
2: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dept. of International Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
3: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Community Health Department, Maputo, Mozambique and.
4: African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.

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