The roles and influence of actors in the uptake of evidence: the case of malaria treatment policy change in Uganda

Nabyonga-Orem, Juliet; Nanyunja, Miriam; Marchal, Bruno; Criel, Bart; Ssengooba, Freddie

doi:10.1186/s13012-014-0150-8

Implementation Science

Table 3 Roles played by the different stakeholders

From: The roles and influence of actors in the uptake of evidence: the case of malaria treatment policy change in Uganda

	Stakeholders	Roles
Donors	Global Fund	Funding the policy change
	WHO	Providing evidence and technical assistance (TA), participating in the policy process, funding research
	UNICEF	Providing evidence, participating in the policy process
	Presidential Malaria Initiative/USAID	Funding research and participating in the policy process
	Department for International Development (DFID) from the UK	Funding research and participating in the policy process
	China	Providing free medicines (AL)
Pharmaceutical companies	NOVARTIS	Manufacturing the drug
Pharmaceutical companies	Private pharmaceutical companies	Importing drugs
Public sector	Top management of MoH	Decision making
	Technical programmes within MoH	Adapting and implementing the policy, participating in research processes, and disseminating evidence
	Ministry of Finance	Providing funding
	Parliamentarians	Disseminating evidence and information on the policy change
	Service providers at national referral institutions	Providing evidence, participating in the policy process
	Service providers at lower levels	Implementing the new policy
	NDA	Regulating medicines
	National Medical Store and Joint Medical Store	Supplying drugs
	Researchers in universities	Providing evidence and participating in the policy process
Community	The community	Beneficiaries of the policy change
Local leaders	Opinion leaders at national level	Disseminating information on the policy change
Local leaders	Leaders at the local level	Disseminating information on the policy change
Private sectors	CSOs	Participating in policy discussions, research, advocacy, and implementation and monitoring of the new policy
	Private practitioners	Implementing the new policy
	Researchers from private research institutions	Providing evidence and participating in the policy process
	Private sector—companies	Advocacy, publicity, donations

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ISSN: 1748-5908

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