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Evidence for Action shortlisted for BMJ award |
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Evidence for Action have been shortlisted for a British Medical Journal award on Getting Research into Practice. This is for the programme's work as part of the Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Practice (SHHEP) Group. SHHEP were nominated by the Department for International Development, and were one of 4 groups shortlisted from the 127 groups that were nominated. The winners of this prestigious award will be announced at the BMJ Group Awards Ceremony on 10th March. The SHHEP Group involves researchers and communications staff from 4 DFID-funded programmes: Evidence for Action, Realising Rights, Programme for Research and Capacity Building in Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV in Developing Countries, and Addressing the Balance and Burden of HIV/AIDS. Work done by the group includes research led by Sally Theobald of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and Jo Chrichton of the African Population and Health Research Centre into how the 4 programmes have been getting research into policy and practice. The group have also had a workshop to share experiences, produced a Health Insights on Getting Research into Policy and Practice, and are now working on a special issue of Health Policy and Planning.
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Understanding the Research to Policy Process in Zambia |
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A new working paper on Understanding the Research to Policy Process in Zambia: the case of Cotrimoxazole Preventative Therapy has been released. This shares the results of a study in Zambia looking at how the evidence on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis influenced policy. |
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About Evidence for Action |
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Effective prevention, treatment and care services are essential to reduce the appalling waste of human life due to HIV, which has killed over 25 million people since the start of the epidemic, with 2.8m dying in 2005 alone. Evidence for Action is a five-year international research programme with core funding from the UK Department for International Development. The Evidence for Action consortium focuses on HIV treatment and care systems.The goal of the research programme is to contribute to knowledge on how to design, manage and deliver comprehensive HIV treatment and care programmes in resource poor settings.
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