Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), Camino Real a Xochimilco 17-22, Santa Maria Tepepan, México, D,F, 16020, México.
Health Res Policy Syst. 2014 Mar 6;12:13. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-13.
National Research for Health Systems (NRfHS) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have shown growth and consolidation in the last few years. A structured, organized system will facilitate the development and implementation of strategies for research for health to grow and contribute towards people's health and equity.
We conducted a survey with the health managers from LAC countries that form part of the Ibero-American Ministerial Network for Health Education and Research.
From 13 of 18 questionnaires delivered, we obtained information on the NRfHS governance and management structures, the legal and political framework, the research priorities, existing financing schemes, and the main institutional actors. Data on investment in science and technology, scientific production, and on the socio-economic reality of countries were obtained through desk review focused on regional/global data sources to increase comparability.
By comparing the data gathered with a review carried out in 2008, we were able to document the advances in research for health system development in the region, mostly in setting governance, coordination, policies, and regulations, key for better functionality of research for health systems. However, in spite of these advances, growth and consolidation of research for health systems in the region is still uneven.
在过去几年中，拉丁美洲和加勒比地区（LAC）的国家卫生系统研究（NRfHS）呈现出增长和巩固的趋势。一个结构化、组织化的系统将有助于制定和实施卫生研究战略，以促进人民的健康和公平。
我们对属于伊比利亚-美洲卫生教育和研究部长级网络的 LAC 国家的卫生管理人员进行了一项调查。
从 18 份问卷中，我们获得了关于 NRfHS 治理和管理结构、法律和政治框架、研究重点、现有融资计划以及主要机构参与者的信息。通过对重点关注区域/全球数据源的桌面审查，获取了关于投资于科学技术、科学产出以及各国社会经济现实的数据，以提高可比性。
通过将收集的数据与 2008 年进行的审查进行比较，我们能够记录该地区卫生系统发展研究的进展，主要是在治理、协调、政策和法规方面，这些是提高卫生系统研究功能的关键。然而，尽管取得了这些进展，但该地区卫生系统研究的增长和巩固仍然不平衡。
