WHA78: New Guideline Calls for Improved Global Access to Controlled Medicines  - Caribbean News Global

WHA78: New guideline calls for improved global access to controlled medicines  - Caribbean News Global

GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a rapid communication outlining its new guideline on balanced national policies for controlled medicines. The guideline was officially presented during a high-level side event at the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly. It is designed to support countries in ensuring safe, equitable and affordable access to essential controlled medicines which are critical for treating acute…

The 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva has adopted a resolution declaring rare diseases "a global public health priority", a measure promoted by the governments of Spain and Egypt, and which aims to promote "equity and universal access to essential health services" for more than 300 million people in the world living with these diseases.