Dear HIFA members
I am pleased to share an article that is the result of a collaboration between members of a research project - Supporting inclusive and accountable health systems decisions for universal health coverage (https://www.fhi.no/prosjekter/support-systems/) - and HIFA members.
It summarizes key learnings from a thematic discussion implemented on the HIFA forum 3 (!) years ago.
Civil Society's Evidence-Generating Role for Health Policy Decisions: A Thematic Analysis of a Healthcare Information for All (HIFA) Community Online Discussion
Available here: https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4750.html
These insights informed a systematic review that is currently being undertaken, exploring the use of evidence from civil society in health policy processes. We will later in Autumn initiate a second thematic discussion, focusing on the implications of practice of the review, as well as primary research findings from Ghana and Kenya.
Best wishes
Unni Gopinathan
HIFA profile: Unni Gopinathan is a Senior Scientist at Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway. unni.gopinathan AT fhi.no https://www.hifa.org/support/members/unni