Bring science to the policy-making table

Nature Asia

A new centre at the American University of Beirut hopes to bring policymakers the benefit of science to aid decision-making.

In many parts of the Arab world science is sometimes overlooked in the formulation of government policies, to the detriment of the best possible health outcomes for citizens.

The Knowledge to Policy (K2P) centre – established by the faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB) – wants to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and policy by bringing the best available evidence to policymakers and ultimately improve health outcomes in Lebanon and the MENA region.

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