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Getting political with evidence-informed policy
posted Monday, December 11, 2006 4:11 PM by Kent Buse

The Lancet is currently publishing a series of papers on Sexual and Reproductive Health; bringing to policy maker attention the current state of knowledge on the topic. Few people would argue, publicly at least, that they oppose evidence-informed policy. Yet, as we demonstrate in a Viewpoint published in The Lancet on December 9th, in the field of sexual and reproductive health at least, all too often affordable and cost-effective interventions which are technically feasible, in even the most resource constrained settings, are not implemented due to passive or active resistance. .. (more)

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