{
  "abstract": "Evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) refers to the systematic and transparent process of identifying, appraising and mobilising the best available evidence to inform the development of safe and effective health policies and programmes. 1 This approach has been applied across various contexts, such as improving health outcomes for Indigenous communities in Brazil, reforming alcohol legislation in Moldova and updating national treatment policy for drug-resistant malaria in Uganda.2 3 EIDM is not only a practical necessity for addressing public health challenges but also a moral imperative grounded in the principles of the respect for persons, responsibility and accountability. However, there remains a critical need for continuous support from local stakeholders and international funders to facilitate the institutionalisation of EIDM. This practice is understood as both a process and outcome, involving (re-)creating, maintaining and reinforcing norms, regulations and standard practices necessary for evidence to become a routine part of health policy-making.4",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Instituto Veredas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil"
      ],
      "name": "Laura Boeira"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "On Think Tanks Consulting, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Emily Hayter"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Sandy Oliver"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pan-African Collective for Evidence, Johannesburg, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Laurenz Mahlanza-Langer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago"
      ],
      "name": "Donald Simeon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Mukdarut Bangpan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Veronica Osorio Calderon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department for Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, Columbia, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ludovic Reveiz"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "Knowledge Translation Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"
      ],
      "name": "Firmaye Bogale Wolde"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Research for Health Department, Science Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Tanja Kuchenmuller"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Efforts towards the institutionalisation of evidence-informed decision-making",
  "uid": "b95dc833-535e-5e82-9c08-c8c70424db1a"
}