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Change and choice: research and evidence-informed policy

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Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals depends on population health in all countries. Implementation research is crucial for generating evidence on how to sustainably embed effective clinical interventions in health systems and local delivery mechanisms, thereby improving their likelihood of success, and informing policy change to improve population health.

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Fig. 1: An overview of implementation research.

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  1. George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India

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  2. School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK

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  3. Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India

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  4. University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana

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V.J. has grant funding from GlaxoSmithKline, Baxter Healthcare and Biocon, and receives honoraria from NephroPlus and Zydus Cadilla under the policy that all honoraria are paid to the affiliated academic organization. D.A. declares no competing interests.

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Jha, V., Adu, D. Change and choice: research and evidence-informed policy. Nat Rev Nephrol 17, 9–10 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-020-00361-8

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