The non-profit Global Health Technologies Coalition has identified a trend of declining US support for global health R&D over the past few years.
In a report released on 26 February, GHTC cited results from the latest Global Funding of Innovation for Neglected Diseases survey, which suggested that there was a US$30 million drop in US support for global health-related research and product development in 2011.
“It is vital that the final FY 2013 and FY 2014 budgets reverse the trend of decreased global health and R&D funding seen in recent years,” GHTC concluded. “This marks the second consecutive year of funding cuts, which means that US funding for global health R&D is now more than $100 million below its 2009 peak.”
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