Infectious disease research investments follow colonial ties: questionable ethics
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Infectious disease research investments follow colonial ties: questionable ethics.
BACKGROUND International funding for global health research is not systematically documented. We have assessed the level of research funding awarded by UK funders of international research to low- and middle-income countries or research institutions in these countries. METHODS We analysed 6165 studies; from these we selected 522 that matched our criteria and used them to evaluate research fun...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1876-3405,1876-3413
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/iht036