title: Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
abstract: Mike English and colleagues argue that as efforts are made towards achieving universal health coverage it is also important to build capacity to develop regionally relevant evidence to improve healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.|KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: English
authors.affiliation: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.|Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Irimu
authors.affiliation: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Ambrose
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agweyu
authors.affiliation: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gathara
authors.affiliation: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Jacquie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oliwa
authors.affiliation: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ayieko
authors.affiliation: Dean, College of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Were
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tunis
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Forrest
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007348:Insurance, Health; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007858:Learning; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011050:Policy Making; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019472:Universal Health Insurance