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Table 3 Broad conditions and number of specific topics included in the surveys

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

Broad conditions

Number of topics included in the survey

South Africa

Malawi

Nigeria

Birth defects

–

–

1

Breastfeeding

–

–

–

Cerebral palsy

1

–

–

COVID-19

–

2

–

Diarrhoeal disease

–

–

3

HIV/AIDS

–

5

–

Immunization coverage

–

–

3

Malaria

–

3

–

Neonatal sepsis/Serious newborn infections

–

–

4

Newborn care

–

–

4

Newborn eye conditions

–

–

–

Obesity

2

–

–

Perinatal asphyxia

4

–

–

Pneumonia/ARIs

–

2

2

Polio

–

2

–

Prematurity

2

–

–

Pre-term birth complications

–

–

4

Schistosomiasis

1

5

–

Tuberculosis

–

7

2

Trachoma

–

–

1

Undernutrition (including stunting, SAM, MAM)

4

4

3

Total

14

30

27

  1. AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; ARIs: Acute Respiratory Infections; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; MAM: moderate acute malnutrition; SAM: severe acute malnutrition