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Table 3 Number and percent of Master’s and PhD grantees by category of health research activity

From: Strengthening health research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: mapping the 2012–2017 landscape of externally funded international postgraduate training at institutions in the region

Category of health research activity

Master’s

PhD

n

%

n

%

Basic science

124

15

162

14

R&D

60

7

85

8

Implementation

53

7

70

6

Social science

87

10

169

15

Health policy

0

0

32

2.8

Epidemiology

88

10

147

13

Health systems

15

1.8

199

18

Health technology

3

0.4

13

1.1

Health economics

4

0.5

4

0.4

Unreported

410

49

250

22

Total

844

100

1131

100