Disease Control Priorities Third Edition: Time to put a theory of change into practice; Comment on "Disease Control Priorities Third Edition is published: A theory of change is needed for translating evidence to health policy"
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Journal Article
Abstract
The Disease Control Priorities program (DCP) has pioneered the use of economic evidence in health. The theory of change (ToC) put forward by Norheim is a further welcome and necessary step towards translating DCP evidence into better priority setting in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We also agree that institutionalising evidence for informed priority-setting processes is crucial. Unfortunately, there have been missed opportunities for the DCP program to challenge ill-judged global norms about opportunity costs and too little respect has been shown for the wider set of local circumstances that may enable, or disable, the productive application of the DCP evidence base. We suggest that the best way forward for the global health community is a new platform that integrates the many existing development initiatives and that is driven by countries’ asks.
Date Issued
2019-02-01
Date Acceptance
2018-11-17
Citation
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2019, 8 (2), pp.132-135
ISSN
2322-5939
Publisher
Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Start Page
132
End Page
135
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume
8
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000454650000009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
OPP1134345
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
Priority Setting
Theory of Change
Disease Control Priorities
Health Technology Assessment
Economic Evidence
ETHIOPIA
COVERAGE
FINANCE
INDIA
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
9
Date Publish Online
2018-11-28