Table 2.

Health Research Priorities

Function Elements & Related indicators	Asia			CEE			Africa			Latin America
	Korea	Thai	B'desh	Hung	Lithu.	Kazak.	Mauri.	Namib	Uganda	Chile	Ecuad	Nicar.
1. Clear national research policy statement?	N	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N/A
2. Are there National Health Research priorities?	N/A	Y	Y	Y	N	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N	N/A	N/A
3. National Health Research agenda?	N/A	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
4. Efforts to align health research with health priorities?	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
5. Research solving operational problems?	N	N/A	N/A	N	Y	N	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6. Inequities targeted?	N/A	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N
7. Research funding for maximum social benefit?	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N
8. Community, stakeholder participation?	N/A	N	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	N/A	Y	N	N
9. Balance of spending on general fields of research.	N/A Beh 28%	Bio 46% Sys 20% Beh 2%	Bio 13% Sys 14% Beh 3%	Sys 17% Bio 80%	Bio 75% Sys 5% Beh 20%	Bio majority	N/A Beh 2%	Sys 98% N/A	Beh 14% Bio 85%	Sys 1% Bio 30%	Sys 13% N/A	Public Health 51%

CEE: Central and Eastern Europe; Thai: Thailand, B'desh: Bangladesh, Hung: Hungary, Lithu: Lithuania, Kazak: Kazakhstan, Mauri: Mauritius, Namib: Namibia, Ecuad: Ecuador, Nicar: Nicaragua, Beh: behavioural; Bio: biomedical; Sys: Health systems, Rs: Researchers, PMs: prime minister, ENHR: Essential national health research