Institutional Innovations for Linking Knowledge with Action in Global Health

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Abstract: The workshop on Institutional Innovations in Global Health brought together participants from a broad range of fields to discuss the question of how institutional arrangements might better bridge the gap between knowledge and action in global public health. It was convened by the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and supported by the Institutional Innovations for Linking Knowledge with Action in Global Health Project at Harvard’s Center for International Development. The main goals of the workshop were: 1) to explore approaches for understanding the effectiveness of institutional arrangements for better linking knowledge with action to address health problems in developing countries; 2) to identify interesting cases of successes or failures of such "linking" institutions for further analysis; and 3) to generate propositions about the nature of effective institutions for linking knowledge and action to promote global health, with a view toward deepening understanding, informing policymaking, and ultimately, making a positive impact on health outcomes. The workshop concluded that further empirical examination of the problem of linking knowledge to action in global health would indeed be instructive. The project is now tasked with conducting a useful analysis that would not only identify gaps and shortcomings in the newly emerging institutional landscape, but also propose bridging measures that could address the prevalent concerns about sustainability, the knowledge-action continuum and equitable governance.

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