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Table 2 West African Lead Authors by country in which research was conducted

From: Understanding the state of health policy and systems research in West Africa and capacity strengthening needs: scoping of peer-reviewed publications trends and patterns 1990–2015

Country

No. Papers

No with

West African lead author

% with

West African lead author

Benin

10

8

80%

Burkina Faso

53

14

26%

Cote d’Ivoire

6

5

83%

Gambia

3

1

33%

Ghana

42

31

74%

Guinea

3

0

0%

Guinea Bissau

1

0

0%

Liberia

2

0

0%

Mali

12

1

8%

Niger

5

3

60%

Nigeria

71

59

83%

Senegal

9

5

56%

Sierra Leone

11

0

0%

Togo

1

0

0%

Multi country West Africa

14

5

36%

Multi country Africa

2

0

0%

Multi country international

1

0

0%

Total

246

132

54%