"Access to Essential Medicine":Introduce of China's Proposal at the 67th World Health Assembly
10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2017.33.01
- VernacularTitle:"获取基本药物"——第67届世界卫生大会我国国家提案介绍
- Author:
Lucan JIANG
1
;
Lingli ZHANG
;
Dan LIU
;
Linan ZENG
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西第二医院药学部
- Keywords:
Essential medicine;
Accessibility;
World Health Assembly;
Resolution;
State proposal
- From:
China Pharmacy
2017;28(33):4609-4613
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the proper understanding of the content of"Access to Essential Medicine"resolution proposed by China at the 67th World Health Assembly(WHA),policy making and implication of the resolution in Chi-na. METHODS:Through descriptive analysis,the proposal background,approving process and resolution content of the"Access to Essential Medicines"resolution were introduced;the potential impact and effect of the resolution were analyzed. RESULTS:"Ac-cess to Essential Medicine"included"urging member states"and"requesting director-general",20 items."Urging member states"covered 11 items,including national medicine policy,essential medicine selection,medicine related health systems research,inter-national exchanges and cooperation,children's essential medicine accessibility,essential medicine related education,training and public recognition,obstacle recognition and strategy development,essential medicine management system and monitoring mecha-nism,flexible use of the existing policy."Requesting director-general"covered 9 items and put forward the support WHO needed to realize"urging member states"and effect evaluation after the resolution. CONCLUSIONS:"Access to Essential Medicine"is great significance to maintain human health,especially people's health in developing countries,safeguard the rights and interests of peo-ple's basic drug use and promote rational drug use. The approval of"Access to Essential Medicine"at WHA represents China's in-ternational discourse right on improving the basic medical service among basic population,and highlights China's magnitude of a great nation.
