Table 1 Proportion of projects approved and amount of resources allocated by the Ministry of Health and partners in the decentralized PPSUS program and academic degrees related to the projects, according to the geographic region, Brazil, 2004-2009.
From: Fulfillment of the Brazilian Agenda of Priorities in Health Research
Region | Number of PPSUS projects | Amount invested in PPSUS (U$ millions) | Proportion of Master + Doctor degrees (%) | Proportion of the Brazilian population (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Midwest | 152 | 3.9 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
Northeast | 581 | 14.3 | 32.1 | 28.0 |
North | 236 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
Southeast | 459 | 36.8 | 28.9 | 42.3 |
South | 347 | 10.3 | 23.3 | 14.4 |
Total | 1,775 | 75.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 |