Health research data must be made more widely available in the scientific community if researchers are to unlock its full potential and make progress in public health, the world's top health funding agencies said .
In a joint statement, 17 major health research funders from around the world pledged to work together to support "timely and responsible" sharing of data gathered during studies on health.
"Informatics and the ability to mine large datasets and combine them with information from many other sources presents a huge potential to advance developments in public health," the joint statement said
