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For: Hussein S, Otiso L, Kimani M, Olago A, Wanyungu J, Kavoo D, Njiraini R, Kimanzi S, Karuga R. Institutionalizing Community Health Services in Kenya: A Policy and Practice Journey. Glob Health Sci Pract 2021;9:S25-S31. [PMID: 33727318 PMCID: PMC7971377 DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-20-00430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]

For:	Hussein S, Otiso L, Kimani M, Olago A, Wanyungu J, Kavoo D, Njiraini R, Kimanzi S, Karuga R. Institutionalizing Community Health Services in Kenya: A Policy and Practice Journey. Glob Health Sci Pract 2021;9:S25-S31. [PMID: 33727318 PMCID: PMC7971377 DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-20-00430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]

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Ansah EW, Maneen S, Ephraim A, Ocloo JEY, Barnes MN, Botha NN. Politics-evidence conflict in national health policy making in Africa: a scoping review. Health Res Policy Syst 2024;22:47. [PMID: 38622666 PMCID: PMC11017532 DOI: 10.1186/s12961-024-01129-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Generally, public health policy-making is hardly a linear process and is characterized by interactions among politicians, institutions, researchers, technocrats and practitioners from diverse fields, as well as brokers, interest groups, financiers and a gamut of other actors. Meanwhile, most public health policies and systems in Africa appear to be built loosely on technical and scientific evidence, but with high political systems and ideologies. While studies on national health policies in Africa are growing, there seems to be inadequate evidence mapping on common themes and concepts across existing literature.

PURPOSE

The study seeks to explore the extent and type of evidence that exist on the conflict between politics and scientific evidence in the national health policy-making processes in Africa.

METHODS

A thorough literature search was done in PubMed, Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect, Dimensions, Taylor and Francis, Chicago Journals, Emerald Insight, JSTOR and Google Scholar. In total, 43 peer-reviewed articles were eligible and used for this review.

RESULT

We found that the conflicts to evidence usage in policy-making include competing interests and lack of commitment; global policy goals, interest/influence, power imbalance and funding, morals; and evidence-based approaches, self-sufficiency, collaboration among actors, policy priorities and existing structures. Barriers to the health policy process include fragmentation among actors, poor advocacy, lack of clarity on the agenda, inadequate evidence, inadequate consultation and corruption. The impact of the politics-evidence conflict includes policy agenda abrogation, suboptimal policy development success and policy implementation inadequacies.

CONCLUSIONS

We report that political interests in most cases influence policy-makers and other stakeholders to prioritize financial gains over the use of research evidence to policy goals and targets. This situation has the tendency for inadequate health policies with poor implementation gaps. Addressing these issues requires incorporating relevant evidence into health policies, making strong leadership, effective governance and a commitment to public health.

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Angwenyi V, Kabue M, Chongwo E, Mabrouk A, Too EK, Odhiambo R, Nasambu C, Marangu J, Ssewanyana D, Njoroge E, Ombech E, Mokaya MM, Obulemire EK, Khamis A, Abubakar A. Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic among Caregivers of Young Children in Kenya's Urban Informal Settlements. A Cross-Sectional Telephone Survey. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021;18:10092. [PMID: 34639394 PMCID: PMC8508326 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph181910092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]

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Vibian Angwenyi Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Margaret Kabue Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Esther Chongwo Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Adam Mabrouk Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Ezra Kipngetich Too Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Rachel Odhiambo Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Carophine Nasambu Neurosciences Group, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi P.O. Box 230-80108, Kenya;
Joyce Marangu Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Derrick Ssewanyana Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.) Alliance for Human Development, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5T 3L9, Canada
Eunice Njoroge Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Eunice Ombech Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Mercy Moraa Mokaya Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Emmanuel Kepha Obulemire Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.)
Anil Khamis Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.) Institute of Education, University College London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK
Amina Abubakar Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University, Nairobi P.O. Box 30270-00100, Kenya; (M.K.); (E.C.); (A.M.); (E.K.T.); (R.O.); (J.M.); (D.S.); (E.N.); (E.O.); (M.M.M.); (E.K.O.); (A.K.); (A.A.) Neurosciences Group, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi P.O. Box 230-80108, Kenya;

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Warren CE, Bellows B, Marcus R, Downey J, Kennedy S, Kureshy N. Strength in Diversity: Integrating Community in Primary Health Care to Advance Universal Health Coverage. GLOBAL HEALTH, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2021;9:S1-S5. [PMID: 33727314 PMCID: PMC7971373 DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-21-00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]