The German Coordinator of CEBHA+, PD Dr Eva Rehfuess, is located at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU); the LMU also coordinates Research Task 5 concerned with the implementation of an integrated and rigorous methodological approach in all CEBHA+ research tasks and activities. In this way, the LMU makes a direct contribution towards the achievement of all of the above mentioned goals, in particular promotion of a sustainable research collaboration and capacity building at individual and institutional levels, as well as towards the achievement of concrete goals in the areas of primary research, evidence synthesis and the implementation of research findings in policy and practice.