Table 2 Africa and Middle East scientific production on HIV/AIDS, by country (2010–2017)
Country | UNAIDS region* | Total documents | International collaborations | First author in international collaboration | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % African documents | N | % | N | % | ||
South Africa | E & SA | 6063 | 40.94 | 4620 | 76.2 | 1769 | 38.29 |
Uganda | E & SA | 1921 | 12.97 | 1797 | 93.55 | 550 | 30.61 |
Kenya | E & SA | 1586 | 10.71 | 1521 | 95.9 | 327 | 21.5 |
Malawi | E & SA | 916 | 6.19 | 865 | 94.43 | 214 | 24.74 |
Tanzania | E & SA | 893 | 6.03 | 832 | 93.17 | 189 | 22.72 |
Zimbabwe | E & SA | 700 | 4.73 | 672 | 96 | 134 | 19.94 |
Zambia | E & SA | 697 | 4.71 | 684 | 98.13 | 140 | 20.47 |
Nigeria | W & CA | 679 | 4.59 | 425 | 62.59 | 144 | 33.88 |
Ethiopia | E & SA | 555 | 3.75 | 332 | 59.82 | 132 | 39.76 |
Cameroon | W & CA | 421 | 2.84 | 363 | 86.22 | 111 | 30.58 |
Botswana | E & SA | 375 | 2.53 | 356 | 94.93 | 77 | 21.63 |
Mozambique | E & SA | 303 | 2.05 | 293 | 96.7 | 80 | 27.3 |
Iran | ME & NA | 299 | 2.02 | 102 | 34.11 | 57 | 55.88 |
Ghana | W & CA | 270 | 1.82 | 229 | 84.81 | 50 | 21.83 |
Rwanda | E & SA | 269 | 1.82 | 264 | 98.14 | 78 | 29.55 |
Senegal | W & CA | 231 | 1.56 | 214 | 92.64 | 39 | 18.22 |
Côte d’Ivoire | W & CA | 225 | 1.52 | 206 | 91.56 | 40 | 19.42 |
Burkina Faso | W & CA | 196 | 1.32 | 180 | 91.84 | 49 | 27.22 |
DR Congo | W & CA | 119 | 0.80 | 106 | 89.08 | 27 | 25.47 |
Egypt | ME & NA | 108 | 0.73 | 89 | 82.41 | 7 | 7.87 |
Saudi Arabia | ME & NA | 107 | 0.72 | 81 | 75.7 | 23 | 28.4 |
Namibia | E & SA | 100 | 0.68 | 95 | 95 | 11 | 11.58 |
Swaziland | E & SA | 98 | 0.66 | 95 | 96.94 | 10 | 10.53 |
Qatar | ME & NA | 89 | 0.60 | 89 | 100 | 38 | 42.7 |
Benin | W & CA | 79 | 0.53 | 75 | 94.94 | 6 | 8 |
Gambia | W & CA | 78 | 0.53 | 75 | 96.15 | 19 | 25.33 |
Gabon | W & CA | 76 | 0.51 | 68 | 89.47 | 17 | 25 |
Guinea Bissau | W & CA | 69 | 0.47 | 69 | 100 | 32 | 46.38 |
Mali | W & CA | 69 | 0.47 | 65 | 94.2 | 10 | 15.38 |
Togo | W & CA | 67 | 0.45 | 59 | 88.06 | 14 | 23.73 |
Lesotho | E & SA | 58 | 0.39 | 57 | 98.28 | 17 | 29.82 |
Morocco | ME & NA | 55 | 0.37 | 26 | 47.27 | 9 | 34.62 |
Lebanon | ME & NA | 52 | 0.35 | 42 | 80.77 | 11 | 26.19 |
U Arab Emirates | ME & NA | 44 | 0.30 | 39 | 88.64 | 4 | 10.26 |
Guinea | W & CA | 36 | 0.24 | 31 | 86.11 | 5 | 16.13 |
Republic of the Congo | W & CA | 32 | 0.22 | 25 | 78.13 | 3 | 12 |
Cent Afr Republ | W & CA | 23 | 0.16 | 20 | 86.96 | 4 | 20 |
Sudan | ME & NA | 23 | 0.16 | 21 | 91.3 | 5 | 23.81 |
Tunisia | ME & NA | 23 | 0.16 | 10 | 43.48 | 5 | 50 |
Angola | E & SA | 19 | 0.13 | 18 | 94.74 | 3 | 16.67 |
Kuwait | ME & NA | 16 | 0.11 | 10 | 62.5 | 2 | 20 |
Oman | ME & NA | 16 | 0.11 | 10 | 62.5 | 2 | 20 |
Madagascar | E & SA | 15 | 0.10 | 13 | 86.67 | 1 | 7.69 |
Niger | W & CA | 15 | 0.10 | 15 | 100 | 1 | 6.67 |
Iraq | ME & NA | 13 | 0.09 | 10 | 76.92 | 0 | 0 |
Sierra Leone | W & CA | 13 | 0.09 | 13 | 100 | 2 | 15.38 |
Jordan | ME & NA | 12 | 0.08 | 9 | 75 | 4 | 44.44 |
Liberia | W & CA | 12 | 0.08 | 12 | 100 | 1 | 8.33 |
Libya | ME & NA | 12 | 0.08 | 7 | 58.33 | 3 | 42.86 |
Burundi | W & CA | 11 | 0.07 | 11 | 100 | 1 | 9.09 |
Chad | W & CA | 9 | 0.06 | 8 | 88.89 | 1 | 12.5 |
Cape Verde | W & CA | 5 | 0.03 | 5 | 100 | 2 | 40 |
Mauritania | W & CA | 5 | 0.03 | 5 | 100 | 3 | 60 |
Mauritius | E & SA | 5 | 0.03 | 5 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Algeria | ME & NA | 4 | 0.03 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 50 |
Bahrain | ME & NA | 4 | 0.03 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 33.33 |
Equat Guinea | W & CA | 4 | 0.03 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Syria | ME & NA | 4 | 0.03 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Yemen | ME & NA | 4 | 0.03 | 4 | 100 | 1 | 25 |
Djibouti | ME & NA | 2 | 0.01 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 100 |
Somalia | ME & NA | 2 | 0.01 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 100 |
Palestinian Ter | ME & NA | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Sao Tome & Prin | W & CA | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | – | 14,808 | 100 | 11,964 | 80.79 | N/A | N/A |