Publications by authors named "Anusha Ramani-Chander"

Article Synopsis
  • * A qualitative study was conducted with 19 project teams across 20 countries to identify challenges and facilitators in the early phases of policy engagement, yielding 15 themes from 43 interviews with stakeholders involved in research and government.
  • * Key strategies for successful policy engagement include understanding the local policy landscape, fostering networks of policy champions, allowing genuine contributions from policy leaders, and promoting two-way learning between researchers and policymakers.
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Introduction: Governments must scale-up evidence-based interventions to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Implementation research can help develop contextually appropriate strategies and optimise interventions for scale-up. We aimed to determine the priorities of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) 2019 funding round for scale-up research targeting NCD interventions.

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Introduction: There is an urgent need to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly in low-and middle-income countries, where the greatest burden lies. Yet, there is little research concerning the specific issues involved in scaling up NCD interventions targeting low-resource settings. We propose to examine this gap in up to 27 collaborative projects, which were funded by the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) 2019 Scale Up Call, reflecting a total funding investment of approximately US$50 million.

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