Scientific research on diseases: the distinct profile of developed and developing countries

Abstract

In most of the countries across the globe, health is seen as a priority. The European Commission (2013), for example, considers health as a precondition for economic prosperity given that people’s health influences economic outcomes in terms of productivity, labor supply, human capital and public spending. Accordingly, the Commission places health in one of the big Societal Challenges (‘health, demographic change and wellbeing’) in Horizon 2020.