The West African experience in establishing steering committees for better collaboration between researchers and decision-makers to increase the use of health research findings

• Main Authors: Namoudou Keita (Author), Virgil Lokossou (Author), Abdramane Berthe (Author), Issiaka Sombie (Author), Ermel Johnson (Author), Kofi Busia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Aware of the advantages of a project steering committee (SC) in terms of influencing the development of evidence-based health policies, the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) encouraged and supported the creation of such SCs around four research projects in four countries (B...