Table 5.
Top 15 funding bodies that provided funding for COVID-19 articles in Africa
| Funding body | Articles (n) | Country |
| Wellcome Trust | 23 | UK |
| National Institutes of Health | 22 | USA |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 20 | USA |
| UK Department for International Development | 12 | UK |
| National Institute for Health Research | 11 | UK |
| South African Medical Research Council | 10 | South Africa |
| UK Medical Research Council | 10 | UK |
| European Union | 9 | EU |
| Global Challenges Research Fund | 8 | USA |
| USAID | 8 | USA |
| National Research Foundation | 8 | South Africa |
| DELTAS | 5 | Wellcome Trust and DFID Initiative |
| PEPFAR | 4 | USA |
| South African Department of Science and Innovation | 4 | South Africa |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research | 4 | Canada |