The interface between research and practice is often fraught with challenges driven by a lack of understanding and poor communication between decision-makers and researchers. The resulting outcome is low uptake and use of research findings within health systems and programmes.
In order for research to address issues of implementation, an intimate understanding of the programme, as well as the health system and greater context that encompass it – from the perspective of the decision-maker – is needed. This ensures that relevant research questions are asked, feasible recommendations are provided, and that evidence is timely for decision-making.
Research programme
In 2014 the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research launched a new initiative in collaboration WHO Regional Offices entitled “Improving Programme Implementation through Embedded Research (iPIER)”. iPIER aims to facilitate the implementation of effective health interventions through the use of research that is conducted as a part of the implementation process.
Below please find the list of projects funded under the iPIER grant-scheme during the 2014-2016 period. You may wish to access the final report by clicking the respective project title
Country |
Institution |
Title of the project |
PI |
Pakistan |
Malaria Control Program Sindh and Bridge Consultants Foundation |
Dr Nahid Jamali |
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Yemen |
Ministry of Public Health and Population |
Dr Abdulla Saleem Bin Ghouth |
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Palestine |
Ministry of Health |
Improvement of the Adverse Events Following Immunizatin in Palestine |
Jehad A. Ahmed |
Pakistan |
Control Programme, Sindh, and Bridge Consultants Foundation |
Dr Syed Sharaf Ali Shah |
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Lebanon |
Ministry of Public Health |
Dr Rouham Yamout Dr Mona Osman |
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Lebanon |
Ministry of Public Health |
Dr Jade Khalife |
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Morocco |
Ecole Nationale de Santé Publique |
Promouvoir des soins de qualité pour la prise en charge de la mère et du nouveau-né au Maroc |
Dr Bouchra Assarag Dr Amina Essolbi |
Egypt |
Ministry of Health and Population |
System gaps resulting in low contraceptive use and high prevalence of unmet needs, Qena governorate |
Dr Atef Elshitany |
Sudan |
Federal Ministry of Health/National Nutrition Programme |
Universal salt iodization: regulatory function and coordination systems, Gadarif state, Sudan |
Dr Nada Osman |
Pakistan |
Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination |
"The breastfeeding code" overcoming implementation barriers in Pakistan |
Dr Shahzad Ali Khan |