Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004-2020.
Neglected tropical diseases are a global public health problem. Although Brazil is largely responsible for their occurrence in Latin America, research funding on the subject does not meet the population's health needs. The present study analyzed the evolution of research funding for neglected t...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0e63748186c0414f86217dc235407cff 2023-05-15T15:11:38+02:00 Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004-2020. Gabriela Bardelini Tavares Melo Antonia Angulo-Tuesta Everton Nunes da Silva Thaís da Silva Santos Liza Yurie Teruya Uchimura Marcos Takashi Obara 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011134 https://doaj.org/article/0e63748186c0414f86217dc235407cff EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011134 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011134 https://doaj.org/article/0e63748186c0414f86217dc235407cff PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 3, p e0011134 (2023) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011134 2023-04-09T00:33:21Z Neglected tropical diseases are a global public health problem. Although Brazil is largely responsible for their occurrence in Latin America, research funding on the subject does not meet the population's health needs. The present study analyzed the evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases by the Ministry of Health and its partners in Brazil, from 2004 to 2020. This is a retrospective study of data from investigations registered on Health Research (Pesquisa Saúde in Portuguese), a public repository for research funded by the Ministry of Health's Department of Science and Technology. The temporal trend of funding and the influence of federal government changes on funding were analyzed using Prais-Winster generalized linear regression. From 2004 to 2020, 1,158 studies were financed (purchasing power parity (PPP$) 230.9 million), with most funding aimed at biomedical research (81.6%) and topics involving dengue, leishmaniasis and tuberculosis (60.2%). Funding was stationary (annual percent change of -5.7%; 95%CI -54.0 to 45.0) and influenced by changes to the federal government. Research funding was lacking for chikungunya, Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, malaria and taeniasis/cysticercosis, diseases with a high prevalence, burden or mortality rates in Brazil. Although the Ministry of Health had several budgetary partners, it was the main funder, with 69.8% of investments. The study revealed that research funding for neglected tropical diseases has stagnated over the years and that diseases with a high prevalence, burden and mortality rate receive little funding. These findings demonstrate the need to strengthen the health research system by providing sustainable funding for research on neglected tropical diseases that is consistent with the population's health needs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 17 3 e0011134 |
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Gabriela Bardelini Tavares Melo Antonia Angulo-Tuesta Everton Nunes da Silva Thaís da Silva Santos Liza Yurie Teruya Uchimura Marcos Takashi Obara Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004-2020. |
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Neglected tropical diseases are a global public health problem. Although Brazil is largely responsible for their occurrence in Latin America, research funding on the subject does not meet the population's health needs. The present study analyzed the evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases by the Ministry of Health and its partners in Brazil, from 2004 to 2020. This is a retrospective study of data from investigations registered on Health Research (Pesquisa Saúde in Portuguese), a public repository for research funded by the Ministry of Health's Department of Science and Technology. The temporal trend of funding and the influence of federal government changes on funding were analyzed using Prais-Winster generalized linear regression. From 2004 to 2020, 1,158 studies were financed (purchasing power parity (PPP$) 230.9 million), with most funding aimed at biomedical research (81.6%) and topics involving dengue, leishmaniasis and tuberculosis (60.2%). Funding was stationary (annual percent change of -5.7%; 95%CI -54.0 to 45.0) and influenced by changes to the federal government. Research funding was lacking for chikungunya, Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, malaria and taeniasis/cysticercosis, diseases with a high prevalence, burden or mortality rates in Brazil. Although the Ministry of Health had several budgetary partners, it was the main funder, with 69.8% of investments. The study revealed that research funding for neglected tropical diseases has stagnated over the years and that diseases with a high prevalence, burden and mortality rate receive little funding. These findings demonstrate the need to strengthen the health research system by providing sustainable funding for research on neglected tropical diseases that is consistent with the population's health needs. |
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Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004-2020. |
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Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004-2020. |
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Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004-2020. |
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Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004-2020. |
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Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004-2020. |
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