Table 1

Summary of publication characteristics (n=194)*

Geographic regionn
Sub-Saharan Africa106
East Asia and Pacific41
South Asia26
Middle East and North Africa15
Europe and Central Asia3
Latin America and the Caribbean3
Publication typen
Non-research report44
Mixed methods5
Observational104
Non-randomised controlled trial5
Randomised controlled trial36
Target population typen
All/general population115
All women32
Pregnant women16
Children<5 years only27
Adolescents0
Displacement status of beneficiary populationn
IDPs59
Refugees102
Returning refugees8
Non-displaced45
Host13
Unreported16
Setting of displaced populations‡n
Camp101
Dispersed26
Mixed30
Unreported3
  • *Refer to online supplementary appendix B for detailed information on included publications.

  • †Publications may be included in more than one category.

  • ‡Only reflects publications that reported on displaced populations (refugees, IDPS, or returning refugees).

  • IDP, internally displaced person.