Research into medical treatments are essential to improve health and fight disease. Who do you think should fund this research: individuals, private companies or governments?

It is true that medical

research

has a crucial role to promote peoples' health and to fight common diseases.

However

, there is a debate on who should be held responsible for funding scientists. While some people argue that private

companies

and

ordinary

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individual should

fund

this

research

, I believe it is the

government

's duty. The main reason why I believe is the

government

's role to

fund

research

is because both people and

companies

pay a vast amount of taxes. In many

countries

taxation is incredibly high and,

as a result

, the

government

have a significant source of income. That being said, governors should use part of the money collected to

fund

medical

research

. To illustrate, in Brazil 2 per cent of the budget is determined to support science.

In addition

, many

countries

have in their constitutions the obligation of developing

research

.

Therefore

, it is expected that these nations follow what is written in their laws. Another reason why I support the idea that governments should

fund

medical

research

is due to global cooperation. There are many international agreements between

countries

to support medicine, and

this

kind of cooperation is almost impossible between

companies

or ordinary individuals.

Finally

, a serious and committed

government

has possibilities to achieve results faster than enterprises.

For example

, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the vaccine was possible only after the mutual efforts of developed

countries

. In conclusion,

although

some people argue that the budget for medical

research

should come from individuals and

companies

, I think the

government

is responsible for these developments. I suggest that governors strengthen international partnerships with regards to medicine.