The African evidence community has built strong relationships across traditional boundaries. This has allowed researchers to mobilise quickly and effectively to improve policy outcomes.
Three quarters of new HIV infections among 15-19 year-olds are in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The changes that society needs, such as preventing adolescent pregnancies, will not happen until researchers can use their findings to influence policy change.
Scientists and medical practitioners can help turn goals into reality, such as through vaccine programmes.
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Researchers and policymakers need to talk to each other. If they don’t, important research will merely gather dust and policies might do more harm than good.