Table 7 Importance of various sources of health research funding
From: Status of national health research systems in ten countries of the WHO African Region
Sources of funding for health research | Rating by countries on a scale of 1 (very important) to 6 (least important) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Government tax revenues | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Private sector companies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Multilateral and bilateral donor funding | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Local NGOs | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
International NGOs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |