Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, different countries are showing strengths and weaknesses of both healthcare systems and technology access. Until now in Uruguay, COVID-19 has been very much under control. Evidence-based policies, a strong public health care system, and scientific innovations are believed to be the main factors of success. Uruguayan evidence-based policies consider several inputs, including scientific, medical-epidemiological, economic, and educational aspects. A Scientific Advisory Group regularly makes specific recommendations on health and data science to a team composed of high caliber figures in the government. This team evaluates and submits the reports and suggestions to the President of the Republic, for making final decisions concerning different responses to the pandemic and the economic reactivation. Designing and implementing such evidence-based policies require a vigorous scientific community and a government that gives importance to scientific and technical assessments, and an effective knowledge on brokering mechanisms.
Highlights
It seems logical that when research successfully addresses public problems, governments should exploit this to the greatest extent, designing and implementing the so-called evidence-based policies (EBP)
In the current scenario of a deep, global health crisis, EBP has appeared as a striking solution to guide societies towards a series of rational signals and behaviors that both give credibility to governmental responses and offer solutions to reduce the spreading of the pandemic
We identify the GACH as a knowledge broker (KB), they are involved in the generation of original scientific knowledge
Summary
It seems logical that when research successfully addresses public problems, governments should exploit this to the greatest extent, designing and implementing the so-called evidence-based policies (EBP). In the current scenario of a deep, global health crisis, EBP has appeared as a striking solution to guide societies towards a series of rational signals and behaviors that both give credibility to governmental responses and offer solutions to reduce the spreading of the pandemic. It is worth studying such cases in detail in order to implement similar EBP procedures for other issues or challenges (for example on climate change or environment, among others)
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