Daniela C. Rodríguez

TL;DR: How better reporting of IR studies in LMICs would include more complete descriptions of strategies, contexts, concepts, methods and outcomes of IR activities will help practitioners, policy-makers and other researchers to better learn how to implement large-scale change in their own settings.

TL;DR: In‐depth analysis of policy change for integrated community case management of childhood illness in six sub‐Saharan African countries shows how iCCM policies developed and the barriers and facilitators to policy change.

TL;DR: This analysis represents a nuanced assessment of the various domains that influence CHW programme sustainability, highlighting strategic areas such as CHW payment and programme financing.

TL;DR: Collectively these articles demonstrate that iCCM, although often compartmentalized as a technical intervention, also reflects the larger and messier real world of health politics, policy and practice, for which policy analysis is vital, as an integral component of public health programming.

TL;DR: International actors use multiple synergistic channels to promote uptake of global health policies in low- and middle-income countries, and tailor strategies employed to country contexts.