Developing guidelines in low-income and middle-income countries: lessons from Kenya
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Developing guidelines in low-income and middle-income countries: lessons from Kenya
There are few examples of sustained nationally organised, evidence-informed clinical guidelines development processes in Sub-Saharan Africa. We describe the evolution of efforts from 2005 to 2015 to support evidence-informed decision making to guide admission hospital care practices in Kenya. The approach to conduct reviews, present evidence, and structure and promote transparency of consensus-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-312629