The GELA (Global Evidence, Local Adaptation) project sought to enhance evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in sub-Saharan Africa. The overall aim was to increase decision-makers’ capacity to use global research evidence to develop locally relevant clinical practice guidelines for newborn and child health. Specifically, GELA supported decision-makers in Malawi, Nigeria, and South Africa.
MAGIC led the work package on disseminating and communicating clinical practice guideline (CPG) recommendations to healthcare providers and the public. The objective of this activity was to support healthcare providers in Malawi, Nigeria, and South Africa to understand and apply evidence-based and contextualised recommendations for managing newborn and child health. The work package surveyed preferences and unmet needs regarding the dissemination of guideline recommendations in the partner countries, and explored novel dissemination formats and platforms that increased the uptake of recommendations among healthcare providers and the public.
The project was headed by the South African Medical Research Council and was funded by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). GELA started in April 2022, ran for 36 months, and included partners in seven countries/institutions.
GELA made use of innovative formats and the MAGIC authoring and publication platform (MAGICapp) to publish guidelines for national and local use (see infographics below).
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Link to GELA infographics website
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