A qualitative comparative policy analysis examines factors shaping political prioritization of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Ghana, Mozambique, and Sudan. The dataset, authored by Sara Sulieman and last updated in May 2026, includes findings from a review of 58 documents comprising government papers, NGO reports, and peer-reviewed articles. It applies the Shiffman and Smith framework to analyze actor power, ideas, political context, information systems, and financial resources.
Use Cases
- Compare national policy responses to PMTCT based on the described cross-country qualitative analysis.
- Analyze the influence of advocacy networks and issue framing on political commitment using the described thematic findings.
- Study the role of donor support and financial resources in program implementation as detailed in the document review.
- Model interactions between political context and data systems for health program prioritization based on the described framework.
Strengths
- Analysis is based on a review of 58 documents from three distinct sources.
- Applies a recognized theoretical framework (Shiffman and Smith) for policy analysis.
- Provides a comparative perspective across three countries with differing outcomes.
Limitations
- The dataset is a single 217.8 KB PDF file, indicating limited scope and scale.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.
Provenance
- Source
- figshare
- Collection Method
- Qualitative document review and thematic analysis.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-11 05:25:46; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Ghana, Mozambique, Sudan