Table 1.

Summary of roles of stakeholders in KT related to health policy development in Uganda

Stakeholder	Roles	Challenges to overcome	Links that need to be built
CSOs	-Uptake of evidence in policy development and implementation	-Need skills in navigating the political terrain, networking, and engaging policymakers	-Links among CSOs, researchers, and policymakers
	-Dissemination of evidence	-Must be provided with clear and simplified formats to avoid misrepresenting the evidence
	-Advocating for evidence implementation	-Must be funded independently of the government
Policymakers	-Uptake of evidence in policy development	-Capacity to synthesise evidence	-Links between policymakers and researchers
	-Establishing platforms for KT and playing a leadership role
Media	-Dissemination of evidence	-Need to be provided with evidence in simplified and preferably written formats	-Links between researchers and the media
Parliamentarians	-Dissemination of evidence	-Require targeted dissemination to parliamentarians	-Links among researchers and parliamentarians
	-Community mobilisation
Communities	-Participation in research processes	-Putting into place community structures to enable their participation in research processes	-Links between communities and researchers
Donors	-Funding research and implementation of evidence	-Governments must establish structures for developing research agendas through inclusive participatory partnerships
Researchers	-Evidence generation	-Focusing on academic interests

Source: Nabyonga Orem et al. [30].