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Table 6 Availability of structures to coordinate research

From: The state of health research governance in Africa: what do we know and how can we improve?

Designated focal point and research department

Lack of a designated focal point and research department

Designated focal person but no department

Coordinating unit undertaking research

Senegal, Niger, Mozambique, Kenya, Botswana, The Gambia, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Eswatini, United Republic of Tanzania, Cameroon, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Burundi, Nigeria (25 countries)

Mauritius, Gabon (2 countries)

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cape Verde, Eritrea, Namibia, Seychelles, Benin, Mauritania (7 countries)

Senegal, Niger, Mozambique, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Ghana, Cameroon (8 countries)