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ELŐADÁSOK ABSZTRAKTJAI / ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACTSTrends of Health Policy and Systems Research Funding in sub-Saharan AfricaVictor Kwaku Akakpo1, Nemeth Bertalan2 , Marcell Csandi2 , Zoltán Kalo12 , Nagy Balazs1 2' Eotvos Loránd University 2Syreon Research InstituteE-mail address of the first author/presenter: [email protected]_Background: Given the outcome of Health Policy System Research (HPSR), it is imperative that efforts to build a strong and sustainable health system in sub-Saharan Africa must be in-formed by evidence that is adjusted specifically to its contextual settings. There is the need to support the activities of HPSR but unfortunately funding for these activities are mostly from external donors. This study aims to estimate the financial investment made from donors to sub-Saharan Africa.Methodology: OECD's Creditor Reporting System (CRS) database was used to estimate donor commitments from bilateral, multilateral and priváté donor (BMGF) to 46 sub-Saharan African countries from 2007 to 2016. We assessed donor commitments to various sectors of health as outlined by the database. Data on HPSR was extracted using search terms adapted from the Alliance for HPSR. Data was analysed using MS Excel and R studio.Results: Three percent (approximately $3.2 biliion) of totál donor commitment to health was invested into HPSR activities in the period of 2007 to 2016. The 10 largest donors (together) committed approximately 87% of totál commitments to health and 88% of totál commitment to HPSR activities. Most of these funds were committed to the area of Sexually Transmitted Diseases /Acquired Immuné Deficiency Syndrome, Malaria and Basic health. There was an increasing trend of donor commitment to health and HPSR. Further analysis indicated that there was no significant influence of Gross Domestic Product per capita, Burden of Disease and Population on commitments to HPSR.Conciusions: The increasing funds from the 10 years period does not in any way match up commitments to health. We advocate for capacity building within sub-Saharan Africa to meet the increasing levels of funding for HPSR. Future studies can consider measuring the impact of HPSR activities on the sub-Saharan Africa.