Making decisions in global public health: knowledge, governance and institutional design in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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Contents Introduction: knowledge and new governance in global public health The knowledge systems approach This study: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Challenges in bridging the know-do gap Challenge 1: Reconciling country ownership with best practice Challenge 2: Integrating different kinds of knowledge Challenge 3: Balancing science and politics Challenge 4: Decisions today, change tomorrow Challenge 5: Building the knowledge base Conclusions: looking back and looking forward Acknowledgements: The authors wish to thank all participants who gave up time to grant interviews for this study. We would also like to gratefully acknowledge the willingness of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to participate in this research, and their assistance in identifying relevant partners. It was one of several case studies within a project titled Knowledge systems for sustainable development. We received no funding from The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria or any of its partner organizations.
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