[EQ] EVIPNet Americas: informing policies with evidence

EVIPNet Americas: informing policies with evidence

 

The Lancet, Volume 372, Number 9644, 27 September 2008

 

Website: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608614592/fulltext

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“….Public-health and health-system policies based on sound scientific evidence and best practices can improve health and equity, and the use of research results is essential for health and development.1–5 Yet accessing and incorporating research evidence to inform decision making does not occur systematically, but is especially critical in low-income and middle-income countries that face tremendous health challenges with insufficient resources…”

 

Evidence portal available at:

Spanish:  http://evidences.bvsalud.org/php/index.php?lang=es

English: http://evidences.bvsalud.org/php/index.php?lang=en

Portuguese: http://evidences.bvsalud.org/php/index.php?lang=pt

...¨The Evidence Portal of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) is a Portal that unites, organizes, and offers integrated access to health information sources of  better level of evidence in agreement with the Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) methodology, and access to information sources about the EBM methodology itself.

 

 

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