Implications of living evidence syntheses in health policy.

POLICY sciences; MEDICAL protocols; HEALTH services accessibility; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; HEALTH policy; EVIDENCE-based medicine; QUALITY assurance; PUBLIC health

The authors articulate the potential ways in which living evidence syntheses could strengthen evidence-based health policy-making using their experiences as producers and users of living evidence syntheses for policy in global and local settings. Cited are the roles of producers, intermediaries and users in demonstrating the benefits of living evidence in health policy, the benefits and challenges in their use, and steps toward realizing their potential for health policy-making.