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Funding for reproductive research: the status and the needs
Family Planning Perspectives
|September 1, 1976
Summary
Maintaining 1974 reproductive health research levels requires $143 million annually. Advancing contraceptive development and high-priority research necessitates significantly higher investments, reaching up to $766 million by 1980.
Area of Science:
- Reproductive Health
- Contraceptive Development
- Medical Research Funding
Background:
- The current level of research in reproduction and contraceptive development is considered inadequate.
- Funding in 1974 had not reached the necessary levels to maintain existing research standards.
Purpose of the Study:
- To estimate the financial investment required to maintain and advance reproductive health and contraceptive development research.
- To outline funding needs for utilizing existing knowledge and achieving high-priority research programs.
Main Methods:
- The study analyzes financial requirements based on maintaining 1974 research levels.
- It calculates the investment needed to leverage existing knowledge in the field.
- The research also estimates funding for a high-priority research program, defined as 10% of health expenditures.
Main Results:
- An investment of $143 million is needed annually to maintain the 1974 research level.
- Utilizing existing knowledge requires at least $361 million, increasing to $498 million by 1980.
- Achieving a high-priority research program demands $500 million in the current year, rising to $766 million by 1980.
Conclusions:
- Significant financial underinvestment plagues reproductive health and contraceptive research.
- Substantial increases in funding are critical to maintain current research standards and capitalize on existing knowledge.
- A high-priority research agenda requires a major reallocation of health expenditures towards reproductive sciences.