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Our research group at Ebonyi State University in Nigeria, with the help of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, has worked with government and other stakeholders to create a Health Policy Advisory Committee. We describe the key elements of the committee and how it has helped bridge gaps between researchers and policymakers to facilitate the use of research-based evidence in policy and programme development.
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The authors are grateful to the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research of the World Health Organization for financial and technical support (research grant no. 2009/25025-0; PO-No. 2 00072059). Authors wish to thank Prof. John Lavis of McMaster University, Canada and Dr Fadi El-Jardali (Alliance fellow) for their technical support and advice. Authors also thank the honourable Commissioner for Health, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Dr Sunday Nwangele for his support.
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A group of Nigerian health researchers has created a Health Policy Advisory Committee for one state's health system to assure that research results are translated into practical health policy.
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Uneke, C., Aulakh, B., Ezeoha, A. et al. Bridging the divide between research and policy in Nigeria: The role of a health policy advisory committee. J Public Health Pol 33, 423–429 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2012.30
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