HSSRF actively participates in policy development and analysis, offering evidence-based recommendations to policymakers and implementers. By connecting biomedical sciences with social determinants, HSSRF champions policies that ensure equitable healthcare access and address social inequalities, thus promoting positive societal outcomes. HSSRF supports policy developers throughout the policy development process, from research and evaluation to policy uptake. Main activities in supporting policy development include

1. Conducting situation analysis for policy review and development of policy ideas, including setting an agenda to address a specific problem
2. Conducted and coordinated stakeholders’ engagement in the policy review and development process.
3. Develop and evaluate alternative policy ideas
4. Conducting Policy impact analysis