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October 2009, Vol 99, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1792-1798
© 2009 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.159236

FRAMING HEALTH MATTERS

Globalized Research and "National Science": The Case of Peru

Carlos F. Cáceres, MD, PhD and Walter Mendoza, MD

Carlos F. Cáceres is with the Institute of Studies in Health, Sexuality and Human Development, School of Public Health, Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru. Walter Mendoza is with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, San Marcos University School of Medicine, Lima.

Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Carlos Cáceres, MD, PhD, Institute of Studies in Health, Sexuality and Human Development, Cayetano Heredia University School of Public Health, Av. Armendáriz 445, Lima 18, Peru (e-mail: carlos.caceres{at}upch.pe). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints/Eprints" link.

Issues in the area of international health research are insufficiently discussed in Latin America. We examine the practices of stakeholders such as the state and the academic community regarding research policy processes and funding sources in Peru. Our findings showed that research policy development and evaluation processes are poor in Peru, most of the country's academic research is published in English only, and researchers' access to funding is limited. Given that the relationship between local academic institutions and foreign research centers is key in developing a "national science," there is a clear need to reinforce the state's capacities for management and research oversight and implementation and to encourage the academic community to improve their institutional policies and research frameworks.






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