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Towards improving access to medical devices through local production

Phase II: Report of a case study in four sub-Saharan countries
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Appropriate, affordable and good quality medical devices are indispensable in healthcare services. They serve for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In the context of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health Innovation and Intellectual Property, the World Health Organization (WHO) with support from the European Union developed this project report on medical devices access through local production. This report presents the second phase of activities of local production and technology transfer for medical devices (LPTTMD) project, as well as a situational analysis of the challenges in access to medical devices, technology transfer and local production of essential medical devices in four sub-Saharan countries (viz. Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania). The objectives of this project were to improve access to priority medical devices, present country case studies and develop a road map on activities to improve availability and consider local production where appropriate. Phase II reviewed the findings from the phase I survey with respect to barriers and challenges to access and applied the feasibility tool (revised from phase I) to enable strategic selection of a device of high public health importance that could be produced locally

Author Biography:

World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.
Release date Australia
July 14th, 2016
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Country of Publication
Switzerland
Edition
Web Edition
Imprint
World Health Organization
Pages
188
Publisher
World Health Organization
Dimensions
211x240x13
ISBN-13
9789241510141
Product ID
26042254

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