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Table 1 Keywords for the search

From: Future support on evidence-informed priority setting and situational analysis of the potential role of Health Technology Assessment in Africa to support future pandemic preparedness and response: protocol for a scoping review

Keywords

Variation of the keywords

Health Technology Assessment

HTA, health technology assessment, economic evaluation, cost-effectiveness, cost-utility analysis

Priority setting

Priority setting, resource allocation, decision making

Africa

Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Angola, Benin Republic, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, CAR, Chad Republic, Comoros, Congo Brazzaville, DR Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Malawi, Mauritius, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger Republic, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Swaziland, Sao Tome & Principe, Seychelles, Sub Saharan Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Pandemic

Epidemic, infection, infestation, outbreak, Emergence, Emergency, Epidemic, Crisis, Disaster, Ebola, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, swine flu, HINI, Polio, Zika, monkeypox, MERS-CoV, Lassa

  1. Generic search string: see Appendix 2 for the generic search strings used to search for eligible studies.