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Background: Health-care systems in developing countries often lack robust guideline development systems. In some settings, external guidelines are simply extrapolated to local settings; sometimes they are adapted to the local context and then adopted. In contrast several health-care systems have limited development and/or utilization of guidelines. This panel session explores some of the processes and practices in developing countries, and how G-I-N can partner with such health-care systems to improve the situation.

Ojectives: To sensitize the G-I-N community and other health-care stakeholders about: (i) processes and practices used for guideline development in developing countries, (ii) limitations of the methods used, (iii) how G-I-N can help to enhance the situation.

Topics:

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Guideline development in developing countries: Joseph L. Mathew (12 minutes). This presentation will highlight:
– guideline development practices used in India
– as a model highlighting resource-limited developing country health care setting,
– strengths and limitations.

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From research to practice: Pwee Keng Ho (12 minutes). This presentation will highlight:
– the practices used in Singapore
– as a model of successful guideline development, based on a scientific approach.
– strengths and limitations.

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What can G-I-N do to bridge the gap?
– Joseph L. Mathew (8 minutes) will highlight suggestions from the developing country (receptor) perspective.
– Pwee Keng Ho (8 minutes) will highlight suggestions from the G-I-N (effector) perspective.

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Discussion: All participants (40 minutes)

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Summary and conclusions

Target audience: G-I-N members including clinicians, policy-makers/planners, research scholars, and students- from health-care settings with and without well-established guideline development systems.