The African evidence community has built strong relationships across traditional boundaries. This has allowed researchers to mobilise quickly and effectively to improve policy outcomes.
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Local research is particularly needed to assess existing policies and inform efforts to implement them better.
The changes that society needs, such as preventing adolescent pregnancies, will not happen until researchers can use their findings to influence policy change.
Science academies have a crucial role to play in developing ways for scientists to engage more effectively.
Researchers and policymakers need to talk to each other. If they don’t, important research will merely gather dust and policies might do more harm than good.
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor: Evidence-Informed Decision-Making, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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University of Johannesburg
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Executive Officer of ASSAF; Professor of Genetics Research at the University of Witwatersrand, Academy of Science of South Africa
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Senior Researcher, University of Johannesburg
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Research/M&E Officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Manager: Operations and Research Associate, University of Johannesburg