Table 1.
Geographic representation of included studies
N | % of included studies across and within subregions | Countries represented (and number of studies within that country) | References | |
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Africa | 11 | 11% | ||
Northern Africa | 1 | 9% | Egypt (1) | [115] |
Eastern Africa | 2 | 18% | Kenya (2) | [107, 132] |
Middle Africa | 0 | 0% | – | – |
Southern Africa | 2 | 18% | South Africa (2) | [47, 122] |
Western Africa | 6 | 55% | Nigeria (3), Mali (1), Ghana (2) | [43, 76, 87, 94, 102, 104] |
Americas | 32 | 32% | ||
Latin America and the Caribbean | 10 | 31% | Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (3), Brazil (6) | [44, 57, 68, 78, 81, 84, 95, 103, 124, 137] |
Northern America | 22 | 69% | US (18), Canada (3), Unspecified (1) | [46, 58, 59, 61, 62, 71, 75, 85, 86, 90–92, 111, 112, 125–127, 130, 133–136] |
Antarctica | 0 | na | – | – |
Asia | 7 | 7% | ||
Central Asia | 0 | 0% | – | – |
Eastern Asia | 1 | 14% | China (1) | [64] |
Southeastern Asia | 1 | 14% | Thailand (1) | [114] |
Southern Asia | 3 | 43% | India (1), Bangladesh (1), Iran (1) | [63, 83, 99] |
Western Asia | 2 | 29% | Turkey (2) | [45, 123] |
Europe | 20 | 20% | ||
Eastern Europe | 0 | 0% | – | – |
Northern Europe | 10 | 50% | Finland (1), Ireland (1), Netherlands (1), UK (7) | [51, 52, 82, 97, 98, 100, 105, 109, 113, 145] |
Southern Europe | 6 | 30% | Italy (3), Spain (3) | [66, 67, 77, 79, 88, 138] |
Western Europe | 4 | 20% | Austria (2), Germany (1), Switzerland (1) | [48, 53, 60, 110] |
Oceania | 6 | 6% | ||
Australia and New Zealand | 6 | 100% | Australia (5), New Zealand (1) | [54, 96, 106, 121, 139, 141] |
Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia | 0 | 0% | – | |
Multi-country studies or systematic reviews | 24 | 24% | Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US, Zimbabwe; unspecified countries in Europe, Asia, and Western Europe; countries included in studies in systematic reviews | [49, 50, 55, 56, 65, 69, 70, 72–74, 80, 89, 93, 101, 108, 116–120, 128, 131, 140, 160] |