Table 1.
Findings from coding articles
| Category | Topic | Africa | Americas | Asia | Eastern Mediterranean | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy priorities | Groups attributing priorities to the government | |||||
| Government officials | 98 | 5 | 77 | 28 | 208 | |
| Researchers | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Stakeholders | 15 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 27 | |
| Articles mentioning specific targets | 27 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 50 | |
| All articles describing specific policy priorities in the health sector | 125 | 6 | 89 | 44 | 264 | |
| Health research evidence | Topics of research studies|| | |||||
| Articles describing infectious disease research | 275 | 121 | 132 | 55 | 583 | |
| HIV/AIDS | 188 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 258 | |
| Malaria | 49 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 57 | |
| Tuberculosis | 14 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 34 | |
| Avian influenza | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 24 | |
| Hepatitis (A, B, C) | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 18 | |
| Schistosomiasis | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Chagas disease | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Dengue fever | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Other | 34 | 67 | 70 | 35 | 206 | |
| Articles describing chronic disease research | 11 | 103 | 218 | 60 | 392 | |
| Cancer | 5 | 29 | 113 | 18 | 165 | |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 1 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 66 | |
| Diabetes | 2 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 41 | |
| Obesity | 0 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 32 | |
| Neurodegenerative disorders | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 | |
| Other | 6 | 28 | 41 | 28 | 103 | |
| Other research topics: | ||||||
| Reproductive health | 61 | 48 | 38 | 36 | 183 | |
| Mental health¶ | 14 | 45 | 28 | 9 | 96 | |
| Nutrition | 15 | 26 | 35 | 16 | 92 | |
| Sexual health¶ | 10 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 47 | |
| Complementary and alternative medicine¶ | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 30 | |
| Health systems¶ | 10 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 27 | |
| Other | 55 | 99 | 211 | 59 | 424 | |
| All articles specifying the topics of their research studies | 389 | 356 | 523 | 200 | 1468 | |
| Location of researchers described in articles | ||||||
| Within jurisdiction | 144 | 279 | 380 | 137 | 940 | |
| Outside jurisdiction | 142 | 75 | 117 | 46 | 380 | |
| All articles specifying the location of researchers | 259 | 342 | 466 | 174 | 1241 | |
| Types of studies | ||||||
| Systematic reviews | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 31 | |
| Randomized control trials | 36 | 32 | 16 | 31 | 115 | |
| Observational studies | 30 | 66 | 67 | 22 | 185 | |
| Studies in basic science | 3 | 60 | 148 | 15 | 226 | |
| Other | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 23 | |
| All articles specifying the types of studies | 77 | 175 | 243 | 74 | 569 | |
| Policy dialogues | Articles mentioning the participation of the following groups in policy dialogues | |||||
| Government officials | 154 | 8 | 101 | 24 | 287 | |
| Researchers | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 27 | |
| Stakeholders | 151 | 8 | 100 | 24 | 283 | |
| Articles describing policy dialogues that resulted in policy recommendations or agreements to action | 48 | 4 | 32 | 10 | 94 | |
| All articles describing policy dialogues that address health issues | 154 | 8 | 104 | 24 | 290 | |
||Articles could be coded to multiple topics
¶These topics were coded thematically