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Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)

Exploring the Expansion of the Medicines Patent Pool’s Mandate to Patented Essential Medicines: A Feasibility Study of the Public Health Needs and Potential Impact

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2019

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) conducted a feasibility study to assess the public health need for – and the feasibility and potential public health impact of – expanding its mandate from HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis C to patented essential medicines in other therapeutic areas. This includes medicines for different type of cancers (e.g. prostate, lung, multiple myeloma), sexual and reproduc...

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents

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15 Feb 2019

The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed Guidelines for the pharmacologic and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents to provide evidence-based guidance to initiating and managing cancer pain. The aims of these guidelines are to provide guidance to health-care providers (i.e. the end-users of these guidelines: physicians, nurses, pharmacists and caregivers) on...

GuideCancerAccess to essential medicines and services

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Using competition law to promote access to medicines and related health technologies in low- and middle-income countries

Briefs & Fact Sheets

02 Jan 2019

The issue brief highlights key aspects of using competition law to promote access to health technologies from UNDP’s landmark publication “Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Health Technologies: A guidebook for low- and middle-income countries.”&nbsp;

Briefs & Fact SheetsAccess to essential medicines and services

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents.

Guide

01 Jan 2019

Cancers are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, responsible for 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Pain is experienced by 55% of patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment and by 66% of patients who have advanced, metastatic, or terminal disease. This can be relieved in most cases through medicines and other treatments.&nbsp;The World Health Organizati...

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Using competition law to promote access to medicines and related health technologies in low- and middle-income countries

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 Dec 2018

The issue brief highlights key aspects of using competition law to promote access to health technologies from UNDP’s landmark publication “Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Health Technologies: A guidebook for low- and middle-income countries.”&nbsp;

Briefs & Fact SheetsAccess to essential medicines and services

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International Diabetes Federation (IDF)

Global survey on Access to Medicines and Supplies for People with Diabetes

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03 Dec 2018

This report highlights the findings of a 2016 global survey on the perspective of people with diabetes and health professionals on Access to Medicines and Supplies for People with Diabetes.

ReportDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and services

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Health Action International (HAI)

The Role of Health Technology Assessment in Medicine Pricing and Reimbursement

Briefs & Fact Sheets

27 Nov 2018

This policy brief summarises the key points from the review on the role of health technology assessment (HTA) in medicine pricing and reimbursement with a focus on its use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Briefs & Fact SheetsAccess to essential medicines and servicesDigital health and innovation

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World Health Organization

Global NCD target prevent heart attacks and strokes through drug therapy and counselling

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Nov 2018

This action plan provides a roadmap of policies and interventions to realize SDG 3.4 to reduce premature NCD deaths. Heart attacks and strokes can be prevented if people at high risk are detected and treated.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseAccess to essential medicines and services

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World Health Organization

Global NCD target improve access to technologies and medicines to treat NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Nov 2018

This action plan provides a roadmap of policies and interventions to realize SDG 3.4 to reduce premature NCD deaths, target 3.8 to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), and target 3.b to support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

Briefs & Fact SheetsAccess to essential medicines and servicesDigital health and innovation

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

PAHO Strategic Fund: Access to high-quality medicines and health technologies in the Americas Annual Report 2016

Report

17 Oct 2018

This annual report summarizes the activities of the Fund during 2016. The Strategic Fund is an innovative cooperation model that seeks to strengthen the management of the regional and national supply chain for essential medical products, so that everyone throughout the Americas can enjoy the benefit of timely access to medicines and other strategic health supplies.

ReportAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategic Fund. Annual Report 2017. Access to quality medicines and health

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17 Oct 2018

The Strategic Fund is a regional technical cooperation mechanism for pooled procurement of essential medicines and strategic public health supplies in the Americas. The Strategic Fund was created in 2000 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at the request of the Member States. Since then, the Fund has worked with countries to improve access to medicines and other health technologies, by...

ReportMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: Report of the 2015 country capacity survey in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Report

17 Oct 2018

This regional report of the 2015 country capacity survey offers an overview of the current capacities of the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region to respond to noncommunicable diseases, particularly in the four key areas of governance, prevention and reduction of risk factors, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, and health care.

ReportAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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