Title
No one will be left behind: when the prioritization of systematic reviews registry widens research inequalities between countries
Date Issued
01 October 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
letter
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Start page
160
Volume
126
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85090003914
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
ISSN of the container
08954356
Sponsor(s)
With the establishment of the United Nations (UN) 2030 agenda, a call was made for a commitment of the countries that says "no one will be left behind". Likewise, one of the five factors proposed as key to understanding this concept is the place of residence [ 2 ]. It is specifically this factor that affects the registration of systematic reviews in the international registry of PROSPERO [ 3 ], where prioritization is expressly indicated for registrations from the United Kingdom because this initiative is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) [ 4 ]. Moreover, in the confirmation email of the PROSPERO registration attempt, it is indicated that for UK requests, the registration can last an average of ten working days, while this period is extended to 3 months for other countries. This is, in no way, consistent with the overall goal of the UN, even more so when in low- and middle-income countries, there are marked deficiencies in various aspects such as research.
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