Medication Access

Accord on better access to essential medicines for poor reached at WHO meeting

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 19th, 2004

The World Health Organization's (WHO) Member States in the Western Pacific Region endorsed steps to ensure the poor are given better access to affordable drugs.

WHO's Regional Committee for the Western Pacific, which is composed of member states, gave its support to the 2005-2010 regional strategy for improving access to essential medicines.

Millions of people in the region die unnecessarily because they have no access to essential medicines, said Dr. Shigeru Omi, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, in his report to the regional committee meeting in Shanghai, China.

The Western Pacific Region bears a significant part of...

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