Table 1 Priority setting Criteria identified by DAP respondents

Economic considerations

Including economic evaluations, elements of supply-demand, and financial resources.

Cost-effectiveness

Cost-effectiveness

Cost-effectiveness

–

Cost-effectiveness, maximizing benefit, funding

Market considerations & cost per death averted

–

Evidence

Use of evidence in decision-making

X

–

X

X

X

X

X

Expertise

Knowledge & skills, experience, and comparative advantage

–

–

Comparative advantage & filling a gap

Capacity [for research]

Comparative advantage & filling a gap

X

–

Feasibility

Whether the organization has the capacity and resources to carry out the intervention(s)

–

–

X

X

X

X

–

Impact

Including the health impact on burden of disease, mortality and morbidity, and poverty

Overall impact

Impact on poverty & impact on mortality

Overall impact & burden of disease

–

Burden of disease

Health impact, impact on mortality and morbidity & burden of disease

Impact on mortality

Innovation

Original and/or creative solutions, tools, or strategies to address health challenges

–

– 

X

X

–

–

–

Interests

Political, organization/funder, personal, global priorities and initiatives

Political interests (donor & recipient)

–

Personal & organizational interests

–

Alignment with global Initiatives

–

Alignment with global priorities

Sustainability

Both financial and political sustainability of activities & programs

–

–

–

–

–

X

X

Vulnerability

Disadvantage, (lack of) inclusiveness, (un)equal access or distribution of resources, disparities in BOD

–

–

–

–

X

X

X