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

Table 4 Gender breakdown among Master’s and PhD grantees in nine categories of health research activity

Category of health research activity	Master’s			PhD
	Female	Male	% Female	Female	Male	% Female
Basic science	13	26	33	31	52	37
R&D	15	21	42	26	38	41
Implementation	19	28	40	28	25	53
Social science	14	5	74	74	73	50
Health policy	0	0	–	12	16	43
Epidemiology	9	13	41	28	42	40
Health systems	11	3	79	63	80	44
Health technology	0	2	0	3	8	27
Health economics	0	0	–	2	1	67
Unreported	16	20	44	6	21	22
Total	97	118	45	273	356	43

ISSN: 1744-8603