The way forward – narrowing the knowledge gap in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen health systems

. Gaps in health knowledge, where essential answers on how to improve the health of the people in the Region are missing. This is an issue related to the generation of health information or evidence. . Failure to apply all existing knowledge to improve people’s health, which is often referred to as the ‘know-do gap’. This is related to the issue of sharing and translation of health information, research evidence or knowledge.