Table 1 Search terms

HTA

1

"Technology Assessment, Biomedical"[Mesh] OR HTA[Title] OR technology assessment*[Title]

2

Technology assessment*[Title/Abstract] OR health technolog*[Title/Abstract] OR knowledge synthes*[Title/Abstract] OR research eviden*[Title/Abstract] OR ((evidence-based[Title/Abstract] OR evidencebased[Title/Abstract] OR evidence-informed[Title/abstract]) AND (guide-line*[Title/Abstract] OR guideline*[Title/Abstract]))

Health policy, decision making

1

"Policy Making"[Majr] OR "Health Policy"[Majr] OR "Decision Making"[Majr] OR "Health Priorities"[Mesh] OR "Health Plan Implementation"[Mesh] OR "Health Services Administration"[Mesh] OR decision-mak*[Title] OR policy decision*[Title]

2

Decision-mak*[Title/Abstract] OR health care decision*[Title/Abstract] OR health care polic*[Title/Abstract] OR health polic*[Title/Abstract] OR health practic*[Title/Abstract] OR clinical decision*[Title/Abstract] OR clinical intervent*[Title/Abstract] OR clinical practic*[Title/Abstract] OR professional practic*[Title/Abstract] OR policy mak*[Title/Abstract] OR policy decision*[Title/Abstract] OR policy question*[Title/Abstract] OR reimbursement decision*[Title/Abstract]

SSA

1

Exp Africa (NB includes non-SSA countries)

2

Africa Angola Benin Botswana “Burkina Faso” Burundi Cameroon “Cape Verde” “Central African Republic” Chad Comoros Congo “Cote d’Ivoire” Djibouti “Equatorial Guinea” Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion Rwanda “Sao Tome and Principe” Senegal Seychelles “Sierra Leone” Somalia “South Africa” Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda “Western Sahara” Zambia Zimbabwe)