Table 1. Characteristics of the interviewed cohort.

Speciality	Gender	Country	WHO region	World Bank group by income
Medical oncologist	Male	Canada	PAHO	High income
Medical oncologist	Female	Lebanon	EMRO	Upper middle income
Chief medical officer	Male	Pakistan	EMRO	Lower middle income
Public health medicine specialist	Female	Malaysia	WPRO	Upper middle income
Gynaecologic oncologist	Male	Zambia	AFRO	Lower middle income
Palliative care physician	Female	Kenya	AFRO	Lower middle income
Epidemiologist	Female	UK	EURO	High income
Clinical oncologist	Male	UK	EURO	High income
Director of cancer centre	Male	Columbia	PAHO	Upper middle income
Paediatric oncologist	Male	Turkey	EURO	Upper middle income
Epidemiologist	Female	Australia	WPRO	High income
Director of cancer centre	Male	India	SEARO	Lower middle income
Epidemiologist/statistician	Male	Japan	WPRO	High income
Clinical oncologist	Female	Ghana	AFRO	Lower middle income
National director, cancer control	Female	New Zealand	WPRO	High income
Director of cancer institute	Male	UK	EURO	High income
Haematologist	Male	Malaysia	WPRO	Upper middle income
Clinical oncologist	Female	Zambia	AFRO	Lower middle income
CEO palliative care	Male	Malaysia	WPRO	Upper middle income
Medical physicist	Female	Zambia	AFRO	Lower middle income

PAHO, Pan American Health Organisation; EMRO, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean; WPRO, Regional Office for the Western Pacific; AFRO, Regional Office for Africa; EURO, Regional Office for Europe; SEARO, Regional Office for South-East Asia