ReviewBMJ global health2021
Building the evidence base for global health policy: the need to strengthen institutional networks, geographical representation and global collaboration.
Review in BMJ global health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Strengthening national public health institutes: a systematic review on institution building in the public sector.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Comparison of Medical Associations in Iran with Europe and America.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2025Article
- Strengthening National Public Health Institutes for resilient health systems: evidence to inform policy and decision makers in the Eastern Mediterranean region.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Governance for public health across health and allied sectors: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- National public health institutes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Insights from experts in the field.BMJ global health · 2024Article
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- Activities used by evidence networks to promote evidence-informed decision-making in the health sector- a rapid evidence review.BMC health services research · 2024Review
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- Strengthening capacity through competency-based education and training to deliver the essential public health functions: reflection on roadmap to build public health workforce.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Exploratory Literature Review of the Role of National Public Health Institutes in COVID-19 Response.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Review
- ISARIC-COVID-19 dataset: A Prospective, Standardized, Global Dataset of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19.Scientific data · 2022Article
- Drop the Needle; A Temperature Stable Oral Tablet Vaccine Is Protective against Respiratory Viral Pathogens.Vaccines · 2022Review
- Towards applying the essential public health functions for building health systems resilience: A renewed list and key enablers for operationalization.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
National public health institutes and WHO collaborating centres, and their global networks, are a key resource to support public health system strengthening with essential public health functions and generate evidence for health policy central to national health and socioeconomic development. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare global inequities in public health capacities, made urgent the need to examine sources of global knowledge and understand how to better invest in and use public health institutes and their capacities. This analysis paper incorporates experiences and perspectives from the WHO and International Association of Public Health Associations including the ongoing pandemic and work conducted in the UK-WHO 'Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme'. We acknowledge geographical disparities in public health capacities both within and across countries and regions, provide examples of novel ways of working for global health actors, and define the challenging environment in which public health authorities operate. We identify four incentives for all countries to invest in public health and strengthen institutions: (1) transparency and trust; (2) socioeconomic dividends; (3) collective health protection and (4) knowledge sharing and equity. By pursuing shared priorities; enabling voices from low-resource settings to be more equitably heard; facilitating collaboration and learning within and across regions, we articulate actionable next steps to develop and better harness public health institutes and international networks.
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