PPT-EU Trade policy & Access to Medicines

Stops AIDS National Gathering 1st November 2014 Aliénor Devali ère Health Action International HAI Europe This document arises from HAI Europes Operating Grant 2014 which has received funding from the . Global context of drug regulation. Dr Lembit Rägo. Coordinator. Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines. Essential Medicines and Health Products. World Health Organization. E-mail: . ragol@who.int. Zimbabwe. Presentation t. o Civil Society meeting. Harare. 21 January. 2014. Patents make medicines unaffordable!. Patents create monopolies and dependencies. Beneficial for R&D companies (in rich countries). for asthma. WHO . Technical. Briefing . Seminar. on Essential . Medicines. & Health . Products. , Nov. 2013. Christophe Perrin, . Pharmacist. , MPH – IUATLD (The Union). Asthma. . - Global . –. lessons from HIV. EPIP, 5 September 2017, Bordeaux. . Ellen ‘t Hoen, LLM. University Medical Centre Groningen, Global Health Unit. @. ellenthoen. www.medicineslawandpolicy.org. Brief history. Dr Jane Robertson. Policy, Access and Use Team, EMP. 4 November 2014. Appropriate use of medicines. Relies on a number of elements. Availability. , . affordability, and use in practice of effective medicines. PARTNERSHIP. Medicines for Europe Vision 2020 . Our 5 pillars. 2. PATIENTS. Medicines For Europe . VISION. QUALITY. VALUE. SUSTAINABILITY. Pressure on EU budgets . Reduction. of . healthcare. . spending. WHO EMP and NVI Departments. Access to NCD essential medicines . on the global agenda. Access to chronic disease medicines is required for the fulfilment of MDG8. Governments, in collaboration with the private sector, should give greater priority to treating chronic diseases and improving the accessibility of medicines to treat them (MDG Report 2009). IPC Meeting . 4 to 6 . June. 2014. Essential Medicines and Health Products Department (EMP) . . . October. 2013. . Office of the . Herbal preparations . could . be regarded as the original biologic approach to medicine.. Herbal medicines can be applied to the treatment of a variety of ailments, . including both . acute and chronic . for asthma. WHO . Technical. Briefing . Seminar. on Essential . Medicines. & Health . Products. , Nov. 2013. Christophe Perrin, . Pharmacist. , MPH – IUATLD (The Union). Asthma. . - Global . IPC Meeting . 4 to 6 . June. 2014. Essential Medicines and Health Products Department (EMP) . . . October. 2013. . Office of the . TRADING AWAY HEALTH: THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (TPP) MSF Access Campaign Médecins Sans Frontières, Rue de Lausanne 78, CP 116, CH-1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland Tel: + 41 (0) 22 849 84 2018. Objectives. Prescribing & Zero tolerance. National Alerts . Medicines Reconciliation. Policies. Pharmacy Services . . . “The General Medical Council (GMC) states that . all. doctors must keep . Basic enquiry answering. September . 2016. Session aims. Increase awareness of the Medicines Information (MI) services. UK. Wales. Increase awareness of the questions to ask an enquirer. Have practical experience using some resources which will be...