Funding of population-related aid and research : UK and international perspectives / D. Seemungal.

  • Seemungal, D.
Date:
1995
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    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine • Population and health research (£252K). • Ageing (£98K). Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Work Programme • Health strategies for women and infants in developing countries (£188K). University of Bradford • Population and environment (£110K). The ODA has recently announced that new research programmes on Population and Reproductive Health have recently been agreed at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (£0.5 million per annum over 4 years) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (£0.275 million per annum over 4 years). 2.5 ODA-funded research This section relates to ODA funding of research on a range of population- related issues in developing countries. In 1993 the expenditure via this route amounted to £1057K, the 1992 figure of £713K is analysed in Appendix 4. 2.6 MRC-funded research The Medical Research Council (MRC) is the only other major public body funding research into population-related issues in the United Kingdom. The council's 1992/93 annual report analysed the MRC's expenditure by scientific subject classification. The relevant population-related areas of research identified were: V 000s Fertility / contraception / abortion 3 103 Research into ageing 413 Total MRC 'relevant' expenditure in 1992/93: £3 516 000 2.7 Other sources The major source within this section is funding by the pharmaceutical industry. UK expenditure in this sector on population-related research was very difficult to determine. However, worldwide expenditure by the phar- maceutical industry on contraceptive research is discussed in Section 6 of this report. 2.8 Major conclusions The major conclusions that can be made from this section are: • A relatively small proportion (approximately 1.9%) of the overseas aid budget is spent on population-related issues. However, the major UK funding bodies (MRC and ODA) have recently shown their commitment to increase funding on research in this area. • The majority of the funding on population-related issues is on aid, relatively few of the projects funded are research based.
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