10 minutes with Dr Shabnum Sarfraz, Senior Advisor for Health Systems and Policy Research at P2Impact Associates and Member Social Sector & Devolution, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract

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Effective knowledge mobilisation: creating environments for quick generation, dissemination, and use of evidence

“…Infrastructure, track record, and credibility of scientists contributed to enhanced knowledge mobilisation, but there was also a unique opportunity to innovate and for people from outside the systems to help tackle this multifaceted problem. 25 Researchers and industry took leadership and were given freedom and autonomy to get on with the work because of the urgency of the problem. We may now need to be more open to the full range of supply push, demand pull, and integrated approaches to routine decision making, so that our systems for generation and use of research knowledge acquire flexibility, memory, and resilience.…”

“…The scale of the problem created universal demand for solutions. Infrastructure, track record, and credibility of scientists contributed to enhanced knowledge mobilisation, but there was also a unique opportunity to innovate and for people from outside the systems to help tackle this multifaceted problem 25. Researchers and industry took leadership and were given freedom and autonomy to get on with the work because of the urgency of the problem.…”