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Distribution of burden of disease in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) by cause in World Health Orgainzation regions (estimated for 2000).
Non-comm = noncommunicable, comm = communicable, Medit = Mediterranean.
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Adapted from Horton R. North and South: bridging the information gap. Lancet. 2000;355:2231–2236. Poor health care infrastructure—materials, manpower, political will Limited financial resources—government priorities lie elsewhere in education, defence, general health care delivery, or debt repayment Poor training in research methods, epidemiology and statistics in general medical training Little incentive for a busy practitioner, overwhelmed by the system Reluctance of international journals to publish papers from developing world9 Research is not a priority of health system Employment systems where only service is rewarded No defined practice population, with mobile populations Limitation or absence of reliable and comprehensive address lists to recruit participant physicians Overworked physicians in primary care with limited time for research No protected time for research or writing Limited or no access to research funds and grants, with inexperience in the grant application process Limited exposure to “culture of research” Lack of peer group in many countries to discuss, stimulate, or criticize work Limited research expertise of individual physician, and little access to training in research methodology, epidemiology, and statistics Limited support and supervision—supervisors are often at a distance because of sparse distribution of health personnel and often are insufficiently trained themselves Prospect of rejection of developing world papers by international journals is inhibiting factor to a culture of research9 Poor or limited writing skills
