Towards monitoring of global health research: an exploratory analysis of transparency and stakeholder engagement.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Monitoring systems exist for clinical research transparency in high-income countries, but systematic assessment of these practices in global health (GH) research (GHR) is limited. We evaluated methods for monitoring GHR transparency and engagement.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Data sources

Three sources were used: (a) ClinicalTrials.gov, (b) publications from 20 journals with 'international' or 'global' in the title and (c) outputs from selected GH funder websites.

Eligibility criteria

From ClinicalTrials.gov, we selected 200 interventional trials on maternal health and tuberculosis (2008-2019), ensuring two-thirds were from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). From journals, we included 200 trial publications (2011-2023). From funder websites,

SUBMITTER: Yerunkar SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12706105 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature