Knowledge Sharing for Health Systems in Developing Countries New Evidence Base and Resources Supporting the Needs of Health Policy and Programme Analysts www.alliance-hpsr.org The Alliance on Health Policy and Systems Research Alliance aims to promote the generation, dissemination and use of knowledge for enhancing health system performance. The new Evidence Base aims to broker knowledge between researcher and policy and programme analysts focusing on developing countries. Browse the "Impact on Policy" section of the Alliance Web site www.alliance-hpsr.org and find the latest and most important literature as well as case studies, links and resources. The Evidence Base offers state-of-the-art contextual searching in databases such as MEDLINE, ExtraMED, FreeMedicalJournals and others. Contextual search means you use the policy and programme documentation or exemplary research papers to retrieve exactly the information you require. Move forward with evidence-based planning by searching from over 1.5 million journal articles and documentation. Improve the impact of research on health policy and systems strengthening through resource modules on research priority setting, knowledge management, leadership and advocacy. Link to over 50 initiatives such as Eldis, ID21, GRIPP and networks supporting the research to policy process. Read and contribute case studies advocating for research in health systems development. For further information, contact Chris Zielinski, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia, CH1211, Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: +4122-7914435 or e-mail zielinskic@who.int. The Alliance on Health Policy and Systems Research is an initiative of the Global Forum for Health Research in Collaboration with the World Health Organization.