Funders: The missing link in equitable global health research?

• Esmita Charani ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: esmita.charani@uct.ac.za (EC); muneera.rasheed2@gmail.com (MAR)

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Science, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5938-1202

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• Seye Abimbola,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-3850

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• Madhukar Pai,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3667-4536

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• Olusoji Adeyi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Resilient Health Systems, Washington, DC, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MA, United States of America

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• Marc Mendelson,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6668-3893

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• Ramanan Laxminarayan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, New Delhi, India, High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States of America

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• Muneera A. Rasheed

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: esmita.charani@uct.ac.za (EC); muneera.rasheed2@gmail.com (MAR)

  Affiliation Independent Consultant, Karachi, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9064-0102

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