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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Systems Strengthening
  • Innovation Policy

Background:

  • Achieving Sustainable Development and Health Goals requires enhancing technological capacity in disadvantaged populations.
  • A technological gradient exists between large and small-scale production due to lack of innovation incentives and dissemination, hindering development.
  • Technological change is vital for development but is a public good inefficiently provided by market economies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the necessity of increasing technological capacity for underserved populations.
  • To underscore the role of public policies in fostering technological innovation and dissemination.
  • To connect technological capacity building with the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas.

Main Methods:

  • Policy analysis
  • Review of development economics principles
  • Examination of health system functions as redistribution mechanisms

Main Results:

  • The market economy does not efficiently provide technological change, necessitating public intervention.
  • Reducing the technological gradient is integral to global and regional sustainable development agendas.
  • Health systems can serve as a model for policies aimed at increasing technological capacities.

Conclusions:

  • Public policies are essential for promoting technological innovation and dissemination to reduce the technological gradient.
  • Strengthening technological capacity in disadvantaged populations is key to achieving health equity and breaking poverty cycles.
  • Interventions in health systems offer valuable lessons for broader policies addressing social determinants of health and human development.