Using a priority setting exercise to identify priorities for guidelines on newborn and child health in South Africa, Malawi, and Nigeria

Table 2 Number and types of stakeholders identified for the survey across the three countries

Stakeholder Category*	No. of Stakeholders identified
Stakeholder Category*	South Africa	Malawi	Nigeria
Policymakers/Ministries of Health	10	11	18
Health professionals	20	0	0
Professional associations	3	4	8
Civil society representatives	8	1	3
Non-Governmental Organisations/NPOs	12	3	7
Researchers/ Academics	21	10	0
UN Agencies (WHO and UNICEF country offices)	4	2	4
Total	78	31	40

*Some individual stakeholders fit into more than one stakeholder category, e.g. health professionals/professional associations/policymakers

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