Implementation research is crucial to countries’ efforts to strengthen learning health systems

In this commentary, authors argued that the task of generating and using relevant local knowledge cannot take place without an integral role for health system decision-makers (policymakers, programme managers and implementers) in the research process — including defining the research agenda, co-producing the research with professional researchers, deliberating on the applicability of research findings and disseminating and utilizing the findings.

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Ghaffar A., S. Swaminathan, K. Sheikh, A. Al-Mandhari, M. Jhalani, B. Sambo, and Z. Jakab (2020). Implementation research is crucial to countries’ efforts to strengthen learning health systems. Health Policy and Planning, Volume 35, Issue Supplement_2, November 2020, Pages ii4–ii6.