Table 1.

Characterisation of the institutional and ideational factors related to the health policy issue

Health policy area	Established dominant stakeholders	Institutional interests and logics	Nature of evidence used
			Types	Topic	Source
Tobacco control	Industry, Ministry of Economy and Finance	Financial importance of tobacco for agriculture sector and national economy	- Regional surveys - Epidemiological - Economic	- Health - Health - Finance	- Local government, - Global repositories - Local sources
HIV/AIDS	International donors	Hierarchy of evaluation evidence; importance of achieving global targets	- Epidemiological - Economic - Pilot studies - Narrative	- Health - Finance - Health - Social	- Global, local sources - Local sources - Local sources - Citizens
Performance-based financing – Government Midwifery Incentive Scheme	Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Prime Minister	Importance of achieving global targets; importance of achieving national implementation	- Pilot studies - Epidemiological	- Health - Health	- Local (government, NGO) - Local sources