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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2025

Civil Society's Evidence-Generating Role for Health Policy Decisions: A Thematic Analysis of a Healthcare Information for All (HIFA) Community Online Discussion.

Unni Gopinathan, Tarry Asoka, María Eugenia Aponte-Rueda, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeteey, Esha Ray Chaudhuri, Meena Cherian, Praveen Devarsetty, Claire Glenton, Augustina Koduah, Tripti Gupta and 7 more

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Unni GopinathanCluster for Global Health, Division for Health Services, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-7145-1461
Tarry AsokaIndependent Consultant, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
María Eugenia Aponte-RuedaVenezuelan Breast Cancer Research and Education Foundation (FUVEICAM), Caracas, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Genevieve Cecilia AryeteeySchool of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-0530-8675
Esha Ray ChaudhuriIndependent Patient Advocate, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Meena CherianGeneva Foundation for Medical Education & Research (GFMER), Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2450-1638
Praveen DevarsettyGeorge Institute for Global Health, Hyderabad, India.
Claire GlentonDepartment of Health and Functioning, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-7558-7737
Augustina KoduahSchool of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-9915-5333
Tripti GuptaExternal Consultant, National Health Systems Resource Centre, New Delhi, India.
Simon LewinDepartment of Health Sciences Ålesund, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ålesund, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7521-9515
Jacinta NzingaHealth Economics Research Unit, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-8394-8857
Velisha Ann Perumal-PillayDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4767-4139
Ravi RamMadhira Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
Fatima SulemanDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus), Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8559-9168
Goran Abdulla ZanganaNational Health Service (NHS) Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
Neil Martin Pakenham-WalshHealthcare Information For All, Chipping Norton, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Civil society actors are widely recognized for advocating the public interest in health policy. However, their role in contributing different types of evidence to inform policy is less explored. To explore this topic, members of the Healthcare Information for All (HIFA) online forum and the

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PMCPMC12414145

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