There are over 250,000 international treaties that aim to foster global cooperation. But are
treaties actually helpful for addressing global challenges? This systematic field-wide …

Objective To describe a framework for people making and using evidence-informed health
system and public health recommendations and decisions. Background We developed the …

We have entered a new era in HIV prevention whereby priorities have expanded from
biomedical discovery to include implementation, effectiveness, and the effect of combination …

Background Having nurses take on tasks that are typically conducted by doctors (doctor‐
nurse substitution, a form of'task‐shifting') may help to address doctor shortages and reduce …

Background In 2006, Brazil began routine immunization of infants< 15 wk of age with a
single-strain rotavirus vaccine. We evaluated whether the rotavirus vaccination program was …

Background An analysis of NIH funding in 1996 found that the strongest predictor of funding,
disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), explained only 39% of the variance in funding. In …

This text provides a comparative cross-country analysis of evaluation culture and the
institutionalization of evaluation. The countries included in this research are the 19 OECD …

Reliable estimates of heart failure are lacking in India because of the absence of a
surveillance programme to track incidence, prevalence, outcomes and key causes of heart …

Evaluation of large-scale programmes and initiatives aimed at improvement of health in
countries of low and middle income needs a new approach. Traditional designs, which …

OBJECTIVE: Development of a good practice guideline to plan and perform scientifically
robust evaluation studies in health informatics. METHODS: Issues to be addressed in …