Table 1 Key features of assessment partners

Health Policy Research Group & the Department of Health Administration and Management, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Enugu-Campus, Nigeria (HPRG-COMUNEC)

School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana (SPH-UG)

Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya (TICH-GLUK)

Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (IDS-UDSM)

Health Policy and Systems Programme/Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town (HPSP/HEU-UCT)

School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape (SOPH-UWC)

Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (CHP-WITS)

Description/Reporting channel

Cross College research group within the Department; Department reports to College

School reports to University

Institute reports to University

Institute reports to University

Unit/Academic programme reports to School

School reports to University

Centre reports to School

Staffing

7 Health Policy and Systems Research and Analysis (HPSR + A) academics, 4 support staff

35 HPSR + A academics, 13 support staff

10 HPSR + A academics, 4 support staff

4 HPSR + A academics, 8 support staff

12 HPSR + A academics, 5 support staff

13 HPSR + A academics, 14 support staff

9 HPSR + A academics, 3 support staff

Research focus

Health policy and financing

Maternal health and human resources for health

Health policy and planning and health systems

Health policy

Health policy and systems, financing, economics and governance

Human resources, health policy and systems, information systems

Financing, human resources for health, universal coverage, health systems and policy