Motivation given | UK papers | African papers | US papers | Total(108) |
Improve public health in developing countries | 5 | 18 | 28 | 51 |
Solve global health problems | 2 | 8 | 17 | 27 |
Reduce inequality | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
Response to current lack of funding | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Personal emotive reasons | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Improve quality of life | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Demand from scientific community | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Security upshot for western countries of improved standard of living in developing countries | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Economic interest, eg, trade potentials with developing countries | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |