Table 2.

Existence of published documents guiding global health investment decisions

Type of document	Multilaterals identified		Bilaterals identified
	Funding support	Technical support
Publicly available policy/ strategy/ position statement which guides decisions about global health activities generally	ADB [17]; AfDB [18]; Gavi [19]; GFF [20]; Global Fund [13]	UNFPA [21]; UNICEF [22]; WHO [23]	BMGF [24]; EC [25, 26]; Canada [27, 28] China [29]; France [30–32]; Japan [33, 34]; Norway [35]; USA [36]
Publicly available policy/ strategy/ position statement which guides decisions about investments in health system strengthening (including HRH)	Gavi [37, 38]; GFF [39], Global Fund [40]	UNICEF [41]; WHO [42]	BMGF [43], France [30]; UK [15]; USA [44]
Publicly available policy/ strategy/ position statement which guides decisions about investments in HRH specifically	Gavi [45]; Global Fund [46]	UNICEF [47]; WHO [7]	USA [16, 48]