Table 1.

Characteristics of publications on policy dialogue in Africa

Author and date	Country	Study type	Public health issue	Participants in policy dialogue	Role of researchers	Presence of local researchers
Ade et al. 2016 [17]	Guinea	Case study	National health policy	MoH, civil society, development partners, Ministry of Environment	Not reported	Not reported
Akhnif et al. 2020 [18]	Morocco	Case study	Health financing	Key ministries, media, parliamentarians, private sector, researchers, civil society, health professionals, technical and financial partners	Active—organized workshops, participated and contributed to dialogue, and documented discussions	Yes
Berman et al. 2015 [16]	Malawi	Commentary	Development of knowledge translation platform	Researchers, policymakers, implementers, civil society	Active—generated evidence, developed policy briefs, facilitated policy dialogue	Yes
Burris et al. 2011 [19]	Ghana	Case study	HIV-herpes simplex virus type-2 interaction	Researchers, policymakers,	Active—generated evidence, contributed to policy development	Yes
De Carvalho et al. 2014 [20]	Ghana	Case study	Aging and health	Key ministries, the Ghana Health Service, teaching hospitals, professional bodies, HelpAge Ghana, WHO	Not reported	Not reported
Dossou et al. 2018 [21]	Benin	Case study	User fees for caesarian section	MoH, implementers, healthcare professionals, economists, civil society	Not reported	Not reported
Dovlo et al. 2016 [6]	Multinational—Cabo Verde, Chad, Mali	Exploratory study	Improvement of national health development	MoH, donor agencies, civil society	Not reported	Not reported
Johnson et al. 2020 [22]	Nigeria	Case study	Maternal child health	Policymakers, technical and financial partners, civil society, researchers, healthcare professionals	Active—participated in discussions,	Yes
Kinoti et al. 2014 [23]	Multinational—Malawi, Uganda, Zambia	Not reported	Abortion complications	Researchers, policymakers, healthcare providers	Active—conducted research, disseminated findings, participated in dialogues, developed action plans	Yes
Kirigia et al. 2016 [24]	Multinational—African region	Not reported	Increase uptake of evidence in health policy and practice	Researchers, policymakers, ministries, WHO, public	Active—presented findings, led discussions	Yes
Mbonye et al. 2013 [25]	Uganda	Not reported	Malaria, infectious and communicable diseases	Researchers, policymakers, civil society, media	Active—developed and reviewed policy briefs, participated in policy workshops	Yes
Mc Sween-Cadieux et al. 2018 [26]	Burkina Faso	Mixed methods	Road traffic injuries	Researchers, health professionals, civil society, police, government	Active—conducted research, organized policy workshop	Yes
Mubyazi et al. 2005 [27]	Tanzania	Case study	Antimalarial drug policy	Researchers, policymakers, drug manufacturers, media, practitioners, public	Active—generated evidence, disseminated findings, participated in discussions	Yes
Nabyonga-Orem et al. 2014 [28]	Uganda	Case study	Malaria treatment policy change	Researchers, policymakers, MoH, donors, parliamentarians, civil society, media, communities	Active—generated evidence, participated in policy development	Yes
Nabyonga-Orem et al. 2016 [29]	Liberia	Case study	Policy dialogue before and after the Ebola outbreak	Policymakers, donors, NGO, policy implementers, MoH	Not reported	Not reported
Odoch et al. 2015 [30]	Uganda	Desk review	Male circumcision for HIV prevention	Researchers, MoH, donors, media, civil society, public	Active—generated evidence, participated in policy negotiation, formulation, communication, and implementation	Yes
Ongolo-Zogo et al. 2014 [31]	Multinational—Cameroon and Uganda	Case study	“Evidence to policy” around priority topics	Researchers, policymakers, international bureaucrats, knowledge brokers, civil society, media	Active—generated evidence, prepared policy briefs, organized dialogues	Yes
Paul et al. 2020 [32]	Multinational—Benin and Senegal	Case study	Universal health coverage	Policymakers, health professionals, public	Not reported	Not reported
Ridde et al. 2017 [7]	Multinational—Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal	Reflective and cross-sectional analysis	New health policies on health coverage and employment	High-level decision makers	Not reported	Not reported
Sabi et al. 2017 [33]	South Africa	Case study	Improvement of HIV/AIDS health service delivery	Researchers, civil society, business organizations, African trade union	Active—developed policy proposals	Yes
Ssengooba et al. 2011 [34]	Uganda	Case study	Prevention of mother-to-child transmission and safe male circumcision	Researchers, policymakers, media, donors, public	Active—participated in policy formulation and implementation, secured funding for programs	Yes
Uneke et al. 2015 [35]	Nigeria	Cross-sectional analysis	Strategies to control infectious diseases of poverty (malaria, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis)	Researchers, policymakers, MoH, civil society, health professionals	Active—provided support and mentorship to policymakers for policy development, participated in policy dialogue	Yes
Wammanda et al. 2020 [36]	Nigeria	Case study	Serious bacterial infection in young infants	MoH, WHO, civil society, policymakers, program implementers, health professionals	Not reported	Not reported
Webber et al. 2018 [37]	Tanzania	Participatory action research	Maternal health	Policymakers, village leaders, community members	Passive—organized participatory action research and collected data	Yes
Woelk et al. 2009 [38]	Multinational—Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe	Case study	Use of magnesium sulphate in the treatment of eclampsia in pregnancy; use of insecticide treated bed nets and indoor residual household spraying for malaria vector control	Researchers, policymakers, MoH, civil society, international agencies	Active—generated evidence, contributed to policy development and review, collaborated with health officials, chaired policy-making committee	Yes
Young et al. 2018 [39]	South Africa	Case study	Use of research evidence in policy	Policymakers and research buddies	Active—partnered with policymakers and provided scientific support	Yes