Table 1.
Characteristics of papers included in this review
| Category* of development actor (for first author) | Per cent | Location of first author's institution | Per cent | Region of interest | Per cent | Main topic of development interest | Per cent | Main disease of interest | Per cent | Basis for viewpoint | Per cent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMIC academic and healthcare institutions | 31.3 | Europe | 32.9 | All LMIC countries | 42.1 | Multiple broad issues discussed | 24.6 | Not disease specific or address multiple | 72.5 | Opinion, debate, perspective | 34.2 |
| HIC academic and healthcare institutions | 29.6 | Sub Saharan Africa | 23.8 | Sub Saharan Africa | 34.6 | Individual level development | 15.8 | HIV | 6.3 | Experience report | 21.7 |
| Multilaterals | 10.4 | North America | 13.8 | South Asia | 10 | Partnerships networking, consortia | 15.8 | Malaria | 5.8 | Empirical research | 20.8 |
| Consortia and networks, NGOs and public–private partnerships | 8.8 | South Asia | 10 | East Asia | 6.7 | Operational challenges and opportunities | 11.3 | Other | 4.6 | Literature review, summary or synthesis | 7.9 |
| Academic journals | 5.4 | East Asia | 9.2 | All Asia | 2.9 | System approaches and macrolevel development | 9.2 | Mental health and addiction | 2.5 | Proceedings or conference report | 7.5 |
| LMIC governmental | 4.6 | Australia | 2.9 | Latin America | 1.7 | Agenda and priority setting | 6.3 | Maternal child health and paediatrics | 2.5 | Organisation document | 4.6 |
| LMIC funders, research councils and institutes of health | 4.6 | Latin America | 2.5 | Pacific | 0.8 | Institution level development | 5.4 | Tuberculosis | 2.1 | News report | 3.3 |
| Bi-lateral aid agencies | 2.1 | Not specific | 2.1 | Middle East | 0.8 | Monitoring and evaluation | 2.9 | Non-communicable diseases | 2.1 | ||
| HIC research councils and institutes of health | 2.1 | Middle East | 1.7 | Central Asia | 0.4 | Research and development | 2.1 | Dental or oral health | 1.7 | ||
| Private foundations or charity funders | 0.8 | North Africa | 0.8 | Ethics and regulations | 1.7 | ||||||
| Industry | 0 | Pacific | 0.4 | Knowledge cycle | 0.8 | ||||||
| Civil society and media | 0 |
*Some categories have been merged because they could not be separated.
HIC, high income countries; LMIC, low and middle income countries; NGOs, non-governmental organisations.