Fig. 1From: Healthy bi-regional connection: The EU-LAC Health initiative has promoted equitable and collaborative health research and innovationFramework of EU-LAC Research and Innovation collaboration (focus on health R&I). This framework is established at the highest political level by the Summits of Heads of State and Government. To promote the bi-regional R&I activities, the JIRI was created with a permanent Senior Official Meeting arranged in several thematic Working Groups, one of them on Health. On another level, several EU-funded projects, including EU-LAC Health in the area of health, define common priorities and provide technical support for financial instruments to establish and implement bi-regional R&I activitiesBack to article page