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Table 1 Response rates by country and health topic

From: Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: Development and testing of a questionnaire for researchers

Country

Insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria

Intrauterine devices for contraception

Oral rehydration therapy to prevent dehydration in children with diarrhea

TB-DOTS to treat patients with tuberculosis

Total

China

-

25/25

-

25/36

50/61

Ghana

16/20

-

3/6

-

19/26

India

-

-

16/40

17/59

33/99

Iran

-

-

-

24/37

24/37

Kazakhstan

-

29/30

-

-

29/30

Laos

20/22

18/20

-

-

38/42

Mexico

-

22/50

-

26/40

48/90

Pakistan

 

-

13/37

-

13/37

Senegal

16/16

-

18/18

-

34/34

Tanzania

20/28

-

-

-

20/28

All

72/86

94/125

50/101

92/172

308/484

  1. Note that the numerator includes those who completed the questionnaire and indicated in the questionnaire that they undertook KTE activities (but not exclusively commercialization activities) in the hope that research on the topic would be considered and/or acted upon outside the scholarly community. The denominator includes all researchers surveyed less those who completed the questionnaire and indicated that they did not undertake KTE activities in the hope that research on the topic would be considered and/or acted upon outside the scholarly community.