To close these gaps, WHO in the African Region is pursuing the following priority actions:

• Research governance and financing: strengthen research governance and financing.
• Evidence for policy-making: enhance the use of evidence for policy making.
• Partnerships: foster regional partnerships and collaboration.
• Knowledge for health: advance knowledge for health by establishing the WHO AFRO Peer-Reviewed Journal.
• Digital health: strengthen digital health solutions through strategy development and updates in priority countries, scaling up regional capacity.
• Innovation: scale up innovations through WHO selected projects.