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Sixteen years of analysis of Brazilian research funding indicates stagnation—and that chikungunya, Chagas disease, schistosomiasis and malaria are systematically underfunded, even among neglected tropical diseases

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Sixteen years of analysis of Brazilian research funding indicates stagnation—and that chikungunya, Chagas disease, schistosomiasis and malaria are systematically underfunded, even among neglected tropical diseases

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Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011134

Article Title: Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004–2020

Author Countries: Brazil

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

DOI

10.1371/journal.pntd.0011134

Article Title

Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004–2020

Article Publication Date

16-Mar-2023

COI Statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests:the author G.B.T.M. hold technical position at Ministry of Health of Brazil. The authors A.A.T., E.N.S., L.Y.T.U. and M.T.O. held techinical positions at Ministry of Health of Brazil in differents periods.

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