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. 2012;9(3):e1001186.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001186. Epub 2012 Mar 13.

Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: linking guidance development to policy development

John N Lavis  1 , John-Arne Røttingen, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Rifat Atun, Fadi El-Jardali, Lucy Gilson, Simon Lewin, Sandy Oliver, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Andy Haines
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Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: linking guidance development to policy development

John N Lavis et al. PLoS Med. 2012.

Abstract

In the second paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, John Lavis and colleagues explore the challenge of linking guidance development and policy development at global and national levels.

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Conflict of interest statement

The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services received funds from the WHO for the contributions of XBC and SL to developing the Handbook to produce health systems guidance, and some of this work is reported in this article. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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Figure 1. Potential links between guidance and policy development at global and national levels.
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