Formulation of a health policy where evidence was available but not used (n = 43) | Formulation of a health policy where evidence was available and used (n = 39) | Formulation of a health policy where evidence was needed but was not available (n = 40) | |||
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• Evidence- based practice and healthcare quality | 9(21%) | • Establishing screening programs for chronic diseases | 11(28%) | • Reproductive health and maternal health | 7(18%) |
• Health financing especially national health insurance | 7(16%) | • Establishing prevention programs for infectious diseases | 7(18%) | • Implementing healthcare quality procedures and measuring performance | 5(13%) |
• Tobacco control | 4(9%) | • Nutrition | 4(10%) | • HIV Transmission and prevalence | 4(10%) |