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Institutional capacity to generate and use evidence in LMICs: current state and opportunities for HPSR

Author: Shroff, Zubin Cyrus ; Javadi, Dena ; Gilson, Lucy ; Kang, Rockie ; Ghaffar, Abdul Date: 09 Nov 2017 Background: Evidence-informed decision-making for health is far from the norm, particularly in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Health policy and systems research (HPSR) has an important role in providing the context-sensitive ... Read more
Schools of public health in low and middle-income countries: an imperative investment for improving the health of populations?

Author: Rabbani, Fauziah ; Shipton, Leah ; White, Franklin ; Nuwayhid, Iman ; London, Leslie ; Ghaffar, Abdul ; Ha, Bui T T ; Tomson, Göran ; Rimal, Rajiv ; Islam, Anwar ; Takian, Amirhossein ; Wong, Samuel ; Zaidi, Shehla ; Khan, Kausar ; Karmaliani, Rozina ; Abbasi, Imran N ; Abbas, Farhat Date: 07 Sep 2016 Background: Public health has multicultural origins. By the close of the nineteenth century, Schools of Public Health (SPHs) began to emerge in western countries in response to major contemporary public health challenges. The Flexner Report ... Read more c b

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