News Archive: August 2017

Día de la solidaridad con el paciente 2017

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El tema ganador es: Empoderamiento de los pacientes

Poor-quality medicine: A global pandemic

Press and media
Devex in partnership with U.S Pharmacopeia explores the global health challenges caused by poor-quality medicines and approaches to achieving quality-assured medicines in low and middle income countries. Each year, the proliferation of substandard and falsified medicines puts the lives of millions...

Harmonisation for Patient Centered Universal Health Coverage

Press and media
John Mwangi, Head Middle Africa, Regulatory Affairs & Cluster Quality, Bayer East Africa explores medicine regulation harmonisation by giving us an African perspective with insight on what is to come. Access to medicines remains a big challenge in the African continent. Among the factors that...

Regulatory cooperation and harmonisation – the WHO vision

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Samvel Azatyan, Group Lead, Regulatory Networks and Harmonisation,World Health Organization, explores medicine regulation and harmonisation highlighting the role that the WHO is playing. Access to health care and medical products is one of the fundamental human rights. WHO is committed to enhancing...

Give a Squat 4 Pain campaign

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Don't just sit there, September is pain awareness month. Regardless of your priorities, the campaign can be easily adapted for use in your local and national activities. Through a global effort we can together achieve increased awareness among relevant stakeholders so that chronic pain can be recognised, effectively treated and managed.

Resumen de políticas #6 – Armonización regulatoria de los medicamentos

Policy
El 4th – 5th de julio 2017, IAPO celebró su 3ra Reunión Regional Africana. Fue una oportunidad para que la comunidad de los miembros africanos de IAPO se reunieran y instaran a la creación de la Agencia Africana de Medicamentos centrada en los pacientes. En este sentido, se hizo énfasis en la...