This study was part of a 3-year (October 2019–October 2022) project called The Heightening Institutional Capacity for Government Use of Health Research (HIGH-Res) conducted in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. The study was implemented to test interventions that strengthen the capacity of TWGs in enabling a sustained evidence use culture in the MoHs. This study focused on TWGs within the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Malawi, categorized as a low-income country in sub-Saharan Africa. The Ministry is responsible for developing, reviewing and enforcing health-related policies and standards for the health sector. The MoH performs its functions through 14 directorates, including a Planning and Policy Development Department and a Research Department. The MoH has made some effort to promote and strengthen EIDM by housing a knowledge translation platform (KTP-Malawi) within the Research Department. The KTP’s mandate is to engage national-level policy-makers, researchers and implementers in coordinated production and use of research findings in the health sector, developing guidelines for evidence use in policy-making for researchers and policy-makers. In addition, the KTP conducts capacity-building in knowledge translation and utilization for policy-makers and researchers in EIDM.
Authors: Melody Sakala, Marlen Stacey Chawani, Isabel Kazanga-Chiumia, Hleziwe Hara, Leila Abdullahi, Dzinkambani Kambalame, Josephine Banda, Collins Mitambo, Anja Terlouw & Rose Oronje
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