World Health Organization – Technical Support Centre: Research to Enhance the Adaptation and Implementation of Health Systems Guidelines (RAISE)

Summary

Funded by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the KT Program formed a technical support centre to support six low- and middle-income country (LMIC) research teams to adapt and implement health systems guidelines. We designed our support program using co-creation approaches with input from 22 participants from six countries. We delivered an in-person capacity-strengthening workshop in Istanbul, 1:1 coaching with methods experts, a virtual webinar series, discussion boards, and workshops, over a two-year period. RAISE teams perceived the supports to be of high quality and mean scores for research capacity outcomes improved over time. Teams also participated in interviews to identify barriers and facilitators to health system guideline adaptation and implementation in LMICs. The RAISE program provides a model for supporting capacity strengthening for health systems and health policy and systems research implementation in LMICs.

Funded By

• World Health Organization’s Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research