{
  "abstract": "While the importance of evidence for decision-making has been well-documented, global challenges in recent years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, humanitarian crises, climate change and the associated health disparities and inequities, have exposed critical weaknesses in the global evidence architecture.1 2 The announcement of funding for global living evidence syntheses by major donors at the Summit of the Future in September 2024,3 followed by the Cape Town Consensus Statement and renewed commitments in the context of the United Nations General Assembly 20254, collectively signal a shared commitment to elevating the role of evidence in societal progress. The launch of the Global Coalition for Evidence at the Global Evidence Summit 2024 further advanced this agenda by fostering collaboration to promote systematic and transparent evidence use at the country level.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Science Division, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Tanja Kuchenmüller"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Sandy Oliver"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pan-African Collective for Evidence, Johannesburg, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Laurenz Mahlanza-Langer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Humanitas University, Milan, Italy"
      ],
      "name": "Holger Schünemann"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Annette Boaz"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis, Kampala, Uganda"
      ],
      "name": "Peter Kasadha"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Knowledge to Policy Center/WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policymaking and Practice, and Department of Health Management and Policy, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon"
      ],
      "name": "Fadi El-Jardali"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Mukdarut Bangpan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago"
      ],
      "name": "Donald Simeon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago"
      ],
      "name": "Shelly-Ann Hunte"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia"
      ],
      "name": "Yodi Mahendradhata"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"
      ],
      "name": "Firmaye Bogale"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, England, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Veronica Osorio Calderon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Science Division, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Mandip Aujla"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Science Division, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Mareike Günther"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Country Health Policies and System, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark"
      ],
      "name": "Marge Reinap"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Science and Knowledge for Impact Unit, Department for Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ludovic Reveiz"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Science, Information and Dissemination, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt"
      ],
      "name": "Arash Rashidian"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Science, Information and Dissemination, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt"
      ],
      "name": "Mehrnaz Kheirandish"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Division of Country Health Policies and System, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark"
      ],
      "name": "Tarang Sharma"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Science Division, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "John C Reeder"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Science Division, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Jeremy Farrar"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Instituto Veredas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil"
      ],
      "name": "Laura dos Santos Boeira"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Shifting the centre of gravity in the global evidence ecosystem for health: strengthening local leadership and decision-making for national and global impact",
  "uid": "f4a80e08-f9cf-5719-8b73-469f86d0189a"
}