Table 2 Health Research Priorities

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%