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Monitoring Financial Flows for Health Research 2007
Behind the global numbers
Global Forum for Health Research, 2008
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Data on research and development (R&D) investments for health provide an indicator of current research priorities, trends, overlaps and gaps. As efforts to address the health needs of poor populations are evolving, it is vital to regularly track these investments to make sure they are used in more efficient, effective and equitable ways. The Global Forum for Health Research is the only organization that regularly tracks and reports on the world's R&D investments for health.
This 2007 collection of studies looks behind the global totals, analyzing R&D for health expenditures in Argentina, China, Mexico and the United States. It also looks at investments in the research of cancer and 20 historically high-burden infectious diseases.
Contents
Foreword
Public funding of health research in Argentina
Financial flows for health research and development in Mexico: an analysis of the National Institutes of Health
Assessment of the health research system in Shanghai, People's Republic of China
US investment in research to improve health
Using bibliometrics to inform cancer research policy and spending
Donor funding priorities for communicable disease control in the developing world