Rhoda Wanyenze

"researchers and policymakers can, among other things, "interpret the data together, make sure the interpretation is appropriate, and tease out the actions they're going to take.""

"The challenge is you might not be funded to do everything they ask you to do, but sometimes you find things that are easy to integrate without necessarily spending much."

"Sometimes I find that we make a lot of assumptions about what they need to know. Before we even begin to craft our research questions, we need to understand what they're struggling with and ensure that we are aligned to their needs as we gather evidence."

"If you are working with data that the government routinely collects, you need to be engaged with policymakers in terms of how you're going to use that data and that you are actually going to add value and do a good quality analysis that will help them answer their questions"