Politics and political determinants of health policy and systems research funding in Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper aimed to analyse the impact of politics and political determinants on HPSR funding in selected countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Using a standardised protocol, this paper performed an analysis of available data and financing structures for health research and HPSR, based on research in eight countries, including interviews with key stakeholders (n = 42). The results showed that there have been shifts in the political spectrum in governments, which have affected research coordination and funding in positive and negative ways. HPSR funding in some countries was dependent on budget decisions and although some have improved funding, others have regressed by decreasing funding or have completely cancelled financing mechanisms. Caribbean countries rely mainly on institutional funding. HPSR is recognised as important but remains underfunded; stakeholders believed it should be used more in decision making.

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Becerra-Posada, F, Laura dos S. B, Bárbara G.G, Elizabeth L, Héctor X. M. S, Carolina O, Ulysses de B. P, Donald T. S, Diana S. B, Patricia V. M, and Mauricio B. G. Politics and political determinants of health policy and systems research funding in Latin America and the Caribbean. Public Health Res Pract. 31(4):e3142120 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3142120