Abstract:
Background: Evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) is an approach that aims to ensure policy
decision-making is informed by the best available evidence. It enables scarce resources to be used more
efficiently, reduces research waste, and improves transparency and accountability. Thus, the formulation
and adoption of effective policies and programs depend on a functional evidence ecosystem, a system
reflecting the formal and informal linkages and interactions between different actors (and their capacities
and resources) involved in the production, translation, and use of evidence. Apart from identifying the main
challenges in EIDM, no studies have documented the evidence ecosystem of the Ethiopian health sector nor
mapped the main actors involved in EIDM comprehensively. This study explored the country’s health sector
evidence ecosystem with a specific focus on EIDM. In addition, this study mapped the actors involved and
their linkages and interactions in the Ethiopian health sector evidence ecosystem.
