This report, the fourth since Global Forum for Health Research formed in 1998, covers progress in helping correct the 10/90 gap (that only ten per cent of health research funds are spent on 90 per cent of the world's problems) over the past two years. It focusses on health and health research as sound economic investments; priority setting in health research; progress in measuring the 10/90 gap; research capacity strengthening; information networks in health research; gender; the MDGs and health research; and networks in the priority research areas
This review, of published and unpublished literature from all over the world, was undertaken in order to gain an overview of available information. The majority of disabled people in low-income countries face barriers to accessing and using water and sanitation facilities. CBR projects, policy makers and governments need to address these findings