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Table 2 Number of medical publications in HIV/AIDS in relation to indicators, sub-Saharan Africa, 1981-2009

From: Pattern and determinants of HIV research productivity in sub-Saharan Africa: bibliometric analysis of 1981 to 2009 PubMed papers

 

Total publications

PUBLICATIONS per

Rank

Country

Number (%)

Gross Domestic Product

Total expenditure on health

Expenditure on education

Adult literacy rate

HIV patients

1

South Africa

8361 (34.1)

Uganda

South Africa

South Africa

South Africa

Comoros

2

Uganda

1987 (8.1)

Zimbabwe

Kenya

Uganda

Uganda

Gambia

3

Kenya

1778 (7.3)

Malawi

Congo

Kenya

Kenya

Guinea-Bissau

4

Tanzania

1198 (4.9)

DR Congo

Uganda

Congo

Guinea

Guinea

5

Nigeria

1120 (4.6)

Tanzania

Nigeria

Zambia

Tanzania

Senegal

6

Zimbabwe

1045 (4.3)

Kenya

Tanzania

Cameroon

Nigeria

Congo

7

Zambia

922 (3.8)

Ethiopia

Zambia

Ivory coast

Ethiopia

Madagascar

8

Malawi

890 (3.6)

South Africa

Ivory coast

Guinea

Malawi

Gabon

9

Guinea

640 (2.6)

Guinea

Zimbabwe

Ethiopia

Zambia

Rwanda

10

Congo

639 (2.6)

Rwanda

Guinea

Rwanda

Ivory coast

Equatorial Guinea