SURE Guides for Preparing and Using Evidence-Based Policy Briefs

About the guides

These guides are intended for those people responsible for preparing and supporting the use of policy briefs and ensuring that decisions about health systems are well-informed by research evidence. The guides focus specifically on these issues in the context of African health systems and the examples used are taken from policy briefs that address important problems in African countries.

Contributors

This version of these guides was edited by Jenny Moberg, Simon Lewin, Susan Munabi Babigumira, Andy Oxman (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Norway); and Shaun Treweek (University of Dundee, United Kingdom). The following members of the SURE Collaboration have contributed to the development of the guides: Nelson Sewankambo, Harriet Nabudere, Asiimwe Delius, Rhona Mijumbi (Makerere University, Uganda); Bocar Kouyate, Ki-Ouedraogo Salimata, André Zida (Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso); Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, David Yondo, Jean Serges Ndongo, Marie José Essi, Robert Marie, Renée Cécile Bonono (University of Yaoundé, Cameroon); Gérard Gresenguet, Boniface Koffi, Narcisse Patrice Komas (University of Bangui, Central African Republic); Adugna Woyessa, Mamuye Haddis, Amha Kebede, Rufael Gebeyehu, Meraf Eamanuel (Ethiopian Health & Nutrition Research Institute, Ethiopia); Cesar Sousa (University Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique); Joseph Kasonde, Nkunda Vundamina, Prudencia Mweemba, Lonia Mwape (Zambia Forum for Health Research, Zambia); Göran Tomson (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden); Ulysses Panisset, Isabella Wachsmuth, Govin Permanand, Evelina Chapman, Tanja Kuchenmüller (World Health Organization); Lilian Dudley, Taryn Young, Charles Okwundu (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa); Charles Wiysonge (University of Cape Town, South Africa); Tomas Pantoja (Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile); Fadi El-Jardali (American University of Beirut, Lebanon).

Acknowledgements

The SURE collaboration is grateful to Norad (the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) for its support. Thanks also to Kjetil Olsen and Simon Goudie for their input.

Suggested citation

The SURE Collaboration. SURE Guides for Preparing and Using Evidence-Based Policy Briefs. Version 2.1 [updated November 2011]. The SURE Collaboration, 2011. Available from www.evipnet.org/sure.

Copyright

You are free to use, distribute and reproduce this work provided the source is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes without the permission of the SURE Collaboration.

SURE logo SURE is a collaborative project that builds on and supports the Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) in Africa and the Regional East African Community Health (REACH) Policy Initiative. The project involves teams of researchers and policymakers in seven African countries and is supported by research teams in three European countries and Canada. SURE is funded by the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme (Grant agreement no 222881).

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