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VI) Conclusions and recommendations 
The conclusions and recommendations should follow logically from the discussion of the 
findings. Conclusions can be short, as they have already been elaborately discussed in 
chapter 5. As the discussion will follow the sequence in which the findings have been 

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presented (which in turn depends on your objectives) the conclusions should logically follow 
the same order. 
It makes easy reading for an outsider if the recommendations are again placed in roughly the 
same sequence as the conclusions
. However, the recommendations may at the same time 
be summarised according to the groups towards which they are directed, for example: 
• 
policy-makers,
• 
health and health-related managers at district or lower level,
• 
health and health-related staff who could implement the activities,
• 
potential clients, and
• 
the community at large.
Remember that action-oriented groups are most interested in this section. 
In making recommendations, use not only the findings of your study, but also supportive 
information from other sources. The recommendations should take into consideration the 
local characteristics of the health system, constraints, feasibility and usefulness of the 
proposed solutions. They should be discussed with all concerned before they are finalised. 
 
VII) References 
The references in your text can be numbered in the sequence in which they appear in the 
report and then listed in this order in the list of references (Vancouver system). Another 
possibility is the Harvard system of listing in brackets the author’s name(s) in the text 
followed by the date of the publication and page number, for example: (Shan 2000: 84). In 
the list of references, the publications are then arranged in alphabetical order by the principal 
author’s last name. You can choose either system as long as you use it consistently 
throughout the report.