Proceedings: Strengthening the research to policy and practice interface: Exploring strategies used by research organisations working on Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, Liverpool, UK 18-19 May 2009

Project number related to IDRC support could not be determinedAuthors of articles published in Health Research Policy and Systems are the copyright holders.This 130-page special journal supplement draws on the work of the Sexual Health HIV Evidence into Practice (SHHEP) initiative. SHHEP undertakes research and action on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health in resource poor contexts. It collaborates to share learning on research uptake and engagement, and has formulated a range of targeted mechanisms to communicate health research to different audiences to spearhead change. Relevant to policy and practice in different contexts (for example South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Ghana, Bangladesh) this collection of research provides a diversity of topic areas, (gender-based violence, sexualities, orphans and vulnerable children, HIV care and treatment)