TABLE 1.

Coding of funding sources for health research in the Western Cape, 2011–2012.

Category	Includes
SA (South African) Government	All funding from South African government, whether directly through government departments or through research councils such as the Medical Research Council (MRC), Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the National Research Foundation (NRF).
US (United States) Government	Centre for Disease Control (CDC), The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and any NIH institute.
Global Agencies	Denotes funding from Foundations (such as AERAS Global TB vaccine foundation, or the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Other International	a. A non-South African university.
	b. International agencies other than US agencies such as the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canadian Institute for Health ResearchICIHR), European Union (EU), Wellcome Trust, South African and Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD), WorldHealth Organisation (WHO), World Dental Federation (FDI) and the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP).
Pharma	Private sector pharmaceutical companies.
Foundation	South African Foundations such as the Harry Crossley Foundation.
University	Researchers who indicated their own universities as the source of funding.
Health Services	Researchers who were service providers conducted research funded from within the services.
Self-funded	Researchers who indicated they were unfunded or funded their own research out of their own resources.
Other	a. Local Non-Government Organisations (NGOs): Hospice, ANOVA, Impumelelo, CANSA.
	b. International NGOs working in South Africa: Médecins Sans Frontierès (MSF), Management Sciences for Health (MSH).