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. 2012;9(4):e1001209.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001209. Epub 2012 Apr 24.

Where there is no health research: what can be done to fill the global gaps in health research?

Martin McKee  1 , David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu
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Where there is no health research: what can be done to fill the global gaps in health research?

Martin McKee et al. PLoS Med. 2012.
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Abstract

As part of a cluster of articles leading up to the 2012 World Health Report and critically reflecting on the theme of “no health without research," Martin McKee and colleagues examine the question of what to do to build capacity in the many countries around the world where health research is virtually non-existent.

Conflict of interest statement

MM is chair of the Global Health Advisory Committee of the Open Society Foundations and has served on advisory boards for Merck & Co. (1999–2006), Johnson & Johnson (2006–2009) and a funding panel of the Wellcome Trust. He is chair of WHO's European Advisory Committee on Health Research. He has received research funding from, among others, the Rockefeller Foundation, European Commission, and Wellcome Trust. LSHTM receives funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Association between publication output (1996–2010) and gross national product per capita (2008), Africa.
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Figure 2. Association between publication output (1996–2010) and total health expenditure per capita (2008), Africa.
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