Table 3 Availability of strategic documents to guide health research (n = 35 countries)
From: The state of health research governance in Africa: what do we know and how can we improve?
Availability of strategic document | Status | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Available, disseminated and under implementation | Available but not disseminated and not implemented | Outdated/expired | Draft | None |
Health research policy | Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Lesotho, Mali, Rwanda, Swaziland, Senegal, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Niger, Mozambique, Eritrea (16) | Liberia, Namibia, South Sudan, Nigeria (4) | Gambia, United Republic of Tanzania (2) | Kenya, Malawi, Gabon (3) | Burundi, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritius, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Guinea-Bissau (10) |
Health research strategic plan | Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Seychelles, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Ghana, Niger, Cameroon, Benin, Senegal, Mozambique, Eritrea (15) | Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire (2) | Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Burundi (4) |  | Ethiopia, Botswana, Mauritius, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Congo, Mauritania, Cape Verde (14) |
Research priority list | Ethiopia, Botswana, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Burundi, Mauritania, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Eritrea (25) |  | Kenya, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau (3) |  | Gambia, Mali, Mauritius, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Gabon (7) |