What is it about?
Nepalese researchers, academics, policymakers and practitioners are undertaking a unique Fellowship in evidence synthesis and evidence-based policy making. This Fellowship is part of a larger project called ‘Evidence-Informed Health Policy Making in Nepal (EHPN)’, funded by The British Council. Evidence-informed policy grew out of evidence-based policy making, when it became clear that the latter with its key focus on evidence often not work. Evidence-based policymaking must be guided by evidence. In addition. policies need to be feasible, appropriate for their context and aligned with stakeholders’ values and therefore requiring input meaningful input from stakeholders
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Why is it important?
By promoting shared expertise and strengthening local capacity in evidence synthesis, this British Academy funded project will ensure a robust mechanism for long-term sustainability of the centre, beyond the project duration.
Perspectives
We have argued for an evidence synthesis centre for years [see Simkhada et al. (2022)], and now it has finally started! Simkhada, P., Dhimal, M., van Teijlingen, E., Gyanwali, P. (2022). Nepal Urgently Needs a National Evidence Synthesis Centre, Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 20 (3): i-ii.
Prof. Edwin R van Teijlingen
Bournemouth University
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This page is a summary of: Strengthening Evidence Synthesis for Health Policymaking in Nepal: A New Fellowship Initiative, Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, December 2025, Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL),
DOI: 10.3126/nje.v15i2.88516.
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