Public accountability has re-emerged as a top priority for health systems all over the world,
and particularly in developing countries where governments have often failed to provide …

Background National policy approaches to physical activity (PA) promotion and sedentary
behaviour (SB) reduction are needed to address rising rates of non-communicable …

Background Evidence on current, national physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour
(SB) policies is limited. We, therefore, analysed availability, comprehensiveness …

Background Policy analysis is considered essential for achieving successful reforms in
health promotion and public health. The only framework for physical activity (PA) policy …

Background: Public policymaking is complex and lacks research evidences, particularly in
the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). This policy analysis aims to generate insights …

Because health systems are conceptualized as social systems, embedded in social contexts
and shaped by human agency, values are a key factor in health system change. As such …

Power is a critical concept to understand and transform health policy and systems. Power
manifests implicitly or explicitly at multiple levels—local, national and global—and is present …

The Codex Alimentarius has approved ongoing work for international guidance on front-of-
pack (FoP) nutrition labelling, which is a core intervention for prevention of diet-related …

Priority setting research has focused on the macro (national) and micro (bedside) level,
leaving the meso (institutional, hospital) level relatively neglected. This is surprising given …

Policy engagement is an essential component of implementation research for scaling up
interventions targeting non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It refers to the many ways that …