Aku Kwamie

Health Policy and Systems Research: Where Are We and What Does the Future Hold?

Tolib Mirzoev, Ana B. Amaya, David Daniels, Rumana Huque et autres

Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is a relatively young and multidisciplinary field of applied and policy-relevant science. It bridges the worlds of research, practice, and advocacy, and is dedicated to producing evidence to improve health policies and systems, while maintaining a …

gb, Cameroun, ge, us, bd, ch (code pays fourni par la source)

Advancing health policy and systems research and analysis: new frontiers, renewed relevance

Aku Kwamie, Lucy Jennifer Gilson, Rachidatou Compaoré, Keith Cloete et autres

Health systems are at a crossroads. Globally, health systems are straining under the weight of responding to persistent and emergent challenges. Uncertainties in health financing, service delivery, new technologies and disease burdens are hindering health systems abilities to maximize collective and scaled …

ch, Afrique du Sud, Guinée, Tunisie, lb, gb, in, se, Kenya (code pays fourni par la source)

Barriers and facilitators to the institutionalization and sustainability of knowledge translation platforms in the eastern Mediterranean: a scoping review

Zakaria Belrhiti, Houda El Kirat, Selmi Abdellah, Kaoutar Dib et autres

BACKGROUND: Knowledge translation platforms (KTP) are partnerships comprising policy-makers, national researchers, and civil society, serving as organizational knowledge brokers to foster the use and uptake of evidence in evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM) processes. Recent evidence suggested that KTP institutionalization requires leadership, commitment, political …

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Prioritising and including children in intersectoral policymaking: uncovering Immunity to Change in Ghana

Leonie Akofio-Sowah, Maria Lisa Soraghan, Srivatsan Rajagopalan, Kwame Sarfo Sakyi et autres

Despite strong commitments to improving children's well-being, nearly a third of Ghanaian children aged 36-59 months are not developmentally on track, with additional challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Improvements in children's health and well-being rely on effective intersectoral policies, however, not …

Ghana, gb, us, ch (code pays fourni par la source)

Prepared for the polycrisis? The need for complexity science and systems thinking to address global and national evidence gaps

Aku Kwamie, Sara Causevic, Goran B Tomson, Ali Sié et autres

The Sustainable Development Goals are far off track. The convergence of global threats such as climate change, conflict and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic-among others-call for better data and research evidence that can account for the complex interactions between these …

ch, se, Burkina Faso, de, no (code pays fourni par la source)

Making progress in early-career publishing: evolutions of the women’s publication mentorship programme

Nanuka Jalaghonia, Aku Kwamie

Mentorship is vital for early-career researchers, especially women from low- and middle-income countries seeking to publish their work. This paper explores the evolution of the Women's Publication Mentorship Programme, a collaborative initiative pioneered by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, …

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Using systems thinking to generate novel research questions for the evaluation of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies

Miriam Alvarado, Robert Marten, Leandro García, Aku Kwamie et autres

Using systems thinking to generate novel research questions for the evaluation of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies

gb, bb, ch (code pays fourni par la source)

Development of the Systems Thinking for Health Actions framework: a literature review and a case study

Jenna Thelen, Carmen Sant Fruchtman, Muhammad Bilal, Kebabonye Gabaake et autres

BACKGROUND: Systems thinking is an approach that views systems with a holistic lens, focusing on how components of systems are interconnected. Specifically, the application of systems thinking has proven to be beneficial when applied to health systems. Although there is plenty of …

ch, gb, Tanzanie, Botswana, pk, us (code pays fourni par la source)

Using Health Research for Evidence-Informed Decisions in Health Systems in L&MICs

Kabir Sheikh, Aku Kwamie, Abdul Azizul Ghaffar

Decisions taken by stakeholders at all levels of health systems can benefit from the use of different types of evidence drawn from heterogeneous research fields – including epidemiology, clinical and basic biomedical research, and health policy and systems research (HPSR). However, out …

Framing rehabilitation through health policy and systems research: priorities for strengthening rehabilitation

Alarcos Cieza, Aku Kwamie, Qhayiya Magaqa, Nino Paichadze et autres

BACKGROUND: Recent estimates report that 2.4 billion people with health conditions globally could benefit from rehabilitation. While the benefits of rehabilitation for individuals and society have been described in the literature, many individuals, especially in low- and middle-income countries do not have …

ch, us (code pays fourni par la source)

Whole of government and whole of society approaches: call for further research to improve population health and health equity

Flaminia Ortenzi, Robert Marten, Nicole Valentine, Aku Kwamie et autres

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Health policy and systems research for rehabilitation: a call for papers

Alarcos Cieza, Aku Kwamie, Qhayiya Magaqa, Abdul Azizul Ghaffar

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