International cooperation for science and technology development: a way forward for equity in health

• Main Authors: Priscila Almeida Andrade, Denise Bomtempo Birche de Carvalho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz 2015-03-01
• Series: História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos
• Subjects: organizações internacionais; relações internacionais; equidade; sistemas nacionais de saúde
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702015000100049&lng=en&tlng=en

Since 1990, international organizations have been increasingly involved in building an international sub-regime for research, development and innovation in health. This article analyzes the priorities of developing countries in health since the 1990s. It is a descriptive and analytical study that investigates the literature and contributions of key informants. Calling for the end of global inequities in the support for science and technology in health, international organizations recommend that developing countries focus their efforts on neglected diseases and operational research, an insufficient agenda for science and technology cooperation to effectively overcome the vulnerabilities between countries