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Table 3 Projects financed and the amount invested by the Ministry of Health according to the sub-agenda, Brazil, 2004-2009.

From: Fulfillment of the Brazilian Agenda of Priorities in Health Research

Sub-agenda

Number of

projects

Amount

U$ (×1000)

Afro-Brazilian health

35

1,890

Bioethics and ethics in research

98

1,421

Child and adolescent health

124

5,368

Clinical research

233

74,840

Communicable diseases

672

66,534

Communication and information in health

59

2,981

Demography and health

3

5,605

Elderly health

64

5,347

Epidemiology

67

15,925

Food and nutrition

237

7,315

Health of individuals with disabilities

36

1,597

Health promotion

46

2,174

Health systems and policies

187

7,971

Health technology assessment/economic evaluation

261

18,137

Health, environment, labor and bio-safety

86

6,409

Indigenous health

61

2,030

Industrial health complex

138

108,084

Mental health

153

8,498

Non communicable diseases

379

42,319

Oral health

125

3,331

Pharmaceutical care

163

12,281

Violence, accidents and trauma

98

3,641

Women health

163

9,701

Work and education management in health

98

5,485

Total

3,586

418,883

  1. Source: data summaries were calculated by the authors based on information taken from: http://www.saude.gov.br/sisct, and http://www.saude.gov.br/pesquisasaude, captured on Jan 21, 2011.