Table 2 Existence of published documents guiding global health investment decisions

Publicly available policy/ strategy/ position statement which guides decisions about global health activities generally

ADB [17]; AfDB [18]; Gavi [19]; GFF [20]; Global Fund [13]

UNFPA [21]; UNICEF [22]; WHO [23]

BMGF [24]; EC [25, 26]; Canada [27, 28] China [29]; France [30,31,32]; Japan [33, 34]; Norway [35]; USA [36]

Publicly available policy/ strategy/ position statement which guides decisions about investments in health system strengthening (including HRH)

Gavi [37, 38]; GFF [39], Global Fund [40]

UNICEF [41]; WHO [42]

BMGF [43], France [30]; UK [15]; USA [44]

Publicly available policy/ strategy/ position statement which guides decisions about investments in HRH specifically

Gavi [45]; Global Fund [46]

UNICEF [47]; WHO [7]

USA [16, 48]