Healthy bi-regional connection: The EU-LAC Health initiative has promoted equitable and collaborative health research and innovation.

ABSTRACT: The European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean regions have enjoyed privileged relations since the first bi-regional Summit of Heads of State and Government, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1999, and the lunching of a Strategic Partnership. Health research stands as one of the major areas of research and development expenditure in both regions and has also been the focus of roughly 30% of all bilateral cooperation agreements and programmes.EU-LAC Health, a project funded by the European Union from 2011 to 2017, had the main objective to develop a consensus roadmap to enhance and coordinate the bi-regional collaboration between the European Union member states and Latin America and Caribbean countries in health research. From April 2013, EU-LAC Health has also supported the Worki

SUBMITTER: Corral T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6251221 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature