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Institutionalising An Evidence-Informed Approach To Guideline Development: Progress And Challenges At The World Health Organization, Unni Gopinathan, Steven Hoffman
Institutionalising An Evidence-Informed Approach To Guideline Development: Progress And Challenges At The World Health Organization, Unni Gopinathan, Steven Hoffman
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This study explored experiences, perceptions and views among World Health Organization (WHO) staff about the changes, progress and challenges brought by the guideline development reforms initiated in 2007. Thirty-five semistructured interviews were conducted with senior WHO staff. Sixteen of the interviewees had in-depth experience with WHO’s formal guideline development process. Thematic analysis was conducted to identify key themes in the qualitative data, and these were interpreted in the context of the existing literature on WHO’s guideline development processes. First, the reforms were seen to have transformed and improved the quality of WHO’s guidelines. Second, independent evaluation and feedback by the …