Table 1.

A summary of the roles played by various stakeholders in KT

Stakeholder	Roles
CSOs	Representing and advocating for the communities they serve, mobilizing resources for undertaking research, undertaking research, disseminating and facilitating the implementation of decisions based on evidence
Communities	Involvement in setting the research agenda, demanding the application of evidence
Media	Dissemination of information and social mobilization
Policy makers	Identifying knowledge gaps, commissioning and guiding research processes, applying evidence in decision-making, establishing institutional platforms for KT
Politicians	Advocacy, setting research priorities, disseminating evidence, mobilizing communities
Researchers	Generating evidence
Donors	Providing funding for research, KT activities, and implementation of research findings
Knowledge brokers	Disseminating evidence
Formal and informal networks and professional bodies	Generating and disseminating evidence