Table 2.

Research domains and avenues Phase 3.

Rank	Research domain avenues are presented underneath	Dominance*	Count**	Ratio***
1	Health seeking behaviour To understand underlying mechanisms causing underutilisation of services	30	999	0.74
2	Health system research Research related to strengthening the health system with a focus on health finance, health information systems, and effective human resource management	12	949	0.70
3	Health service provision Research related to improving service provision, its accessibility, acceptability and high quality of care.	3	930	0.69
4	Mother and child health (MCH) Research related to reducing mother and child disease burden during pregnancy, childbirth and the post-partum period, including improvement of immunisation coverage and nutritional status; the first 1000 days.	7	809	0.60
5	Sexual & reproductive health Research into sexual and reproductive health access, quality and information sharing, with a focus on young people.	4	802	0.59
6	Health education Research related to effective strategies to induce behavioural change.	1	773	0.57
7	Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Research related to development of strategies to prevent and control NCDs, with a focus on diabetes, CVD, cancer and COPD	2	618	0.46
8	Irrational drug use Research related to reducing the high prevalence of irrational drug use and self-medication.	1	537	0.40
9	Communicable diseases (CDs) Research with a focus on communicable diseases with a focus on Dengue, Malaria, HIV, TB and Neglected Tropical diseases.	1	499	0.37
10	Road traffic accidents Research into strategies to prevent road traffic accidents	2	263	0.19
11	Mental health Research which examines the currently highly neglected field of mental health; how to provide high quality mental healthcare	0	246	0.18
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