Table 1.

Factors Used for the Rapid Assessment of Priority Setting and How These Map Out onto Kingdon and Thurber's¹² MST. MST, multiple streams theory; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; HITAP, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program

Politics Stream	Policy Stream	Problem Stream
1. Political commitmentNational health strategyCentralization of policy-making power	3. InstitutionsInstitutional capacity for explicit prioritysetting (policy-making and technical levels)Governance in health resources allocation	2. Current position on UHC journeyAccess and qualityFinancial protection and distributionalissues
	4. Health system financingFinancial sustainability of the health systemPresence of other donors/developmentagencies
Policy Entrepreneurs5. Economies of scale (iDSI related)Geographic scope Existing support from NICE and HITAP