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Table 4 Number of Studies by Region and Country

From: A systematic review of validated screening tools for anxiety disorders and PTSD in low to middle income countries

Continent

Region

Country (Number of Studies)

LMICs with no studies

Africa (20)

North

None

6 (Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)

Middle

None

9 (Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe)

East (8)

Zimbabwe (2), Somalia (1), Uganda (1), Burundi (1), Tanzania (1), Zambia (1), Ethiopia (1)

10 (Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan)

West (2)

Nigeria (2)

14 (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cote dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo)

South (10)

South Africa (10)

4 (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland)

Asia (35)

East (7)

China (7)

2 (North Korea, Mongolia)

South (11)

Pakistan (2), India (3), Nepal (3), Afghanistan (1), Iran (2)

4 (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka)

South East (7)

Vietnam (3), Malaysia (2), Indonesia (1), Thailand (1)

4 (Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Timor-Leste)

West (9)

Kuwait (1), Lebanon (3), Turkey (4), Iraq (1)

7 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Yemen)

Central (1)

Tajikistan (1)

4 (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

America (5)

South (4)

Brazil (2), Peru (2)

6 (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname)

Central (1)

Mexico (1)

7 (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)

Caribbean

None

6 (Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica)

Europe (1)

Southern (1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)

4 (Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia)

Eastern

None

5 (Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine)

Oceania

 

None

2 (Melanesia, Micronesia)

Total (61a)

   
  1. aThe country total is 61 instead of 58 as one study [36] involved four countries (Mexico, China, Brazil and Pakistan)