Papers sourced by actor, from searches, as assigned after text review, included in this paper, and key informants by actor
| Actor | # of papers | Cited in this paper | Key informant (KI) by category* | |
| From searches | In category | |||
| International/ global actors† operating in SSA | 88 | 51 | 10 | KI6 International technical expert with experience in SSA. |
| SSA continental and regional organisations‡ | 21 | 54 | 14 | KI1 Subregional intergovernmental agency lead. KI7 Subregional public health actor. |
| SSA governments | 25 | 14 | 7 | KI8 National governmental health actor. |
| Banks, investors, funders, operating/investing in SSA | 48 | 29 | 10 | KI9 Continental finance actor. |
| Corporate, private for profit and business associations | 43 | 21 | 5 | |
| Civil society/social | 27 | 42 | 14 | KI2 Subregional trade union lead. KI4 Regional tax/finance actor. |
| Academia/technical | 48 | 89 | 30 | KI3 Continental ecology technical agency. KI5 National expert in health technology innovation. |
| Total | 300 | 300 | 90§ | |
*KI number shown and used in references.
†Multilateral, bilateral, south–south, philanthropic and commercial.
‡Continental refers to Africa-wide and African Union organisations; regional organisations refer to intergovernmental and other agencies within or combining parts of east, west, central and or/southern Africa.
§Note: this excludes the four methods papers cited in this paper.
SSA, sub-Saharan Africa.