REPORT OF THE WORKSHOP ON DIFFERENTIAL PRICING AND FINANCING OF ESSENTIAL DRUG World Health Organization and World Trade Organization Secretariats Norwegian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Global Health Council

Grand Strategies for Dealing with Other States in the New, New World Order

The art of statecraft has often involved efforts to improve the security of one state by taking advantage of the power and influence of other states. This is, for example, why a state typically seeks to forge military alliances with others. It is also why some states provide economic and military support to client or dependent states and why some advocate the formation of multistate trading blo...

Workshop on Differential Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs Background Note Prepared by Jayashree Watal, Consultant to the Wto Secretariat

The challenges of strategic purchasing of healthcare services in Iran Health Insurance Organization: a qualitative study

Background Strategic purchasing in healthcare services is a key component in improving health system performance, and it has been one of the most important issues in health system reform around the world, especially Europe in the last decade. Iran health system and insurance, although sometimes considered the issue of strategic purchasing goals, has not been made possible to achieve or even to ...

Evidence-based decision on medical technologies in Asia Pacific: experiences from India, Malaysia, Philippines, and Pakistan.

BACKGROUND This paper discusses national programs implemented in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Philippines to generate and apply evidence in making informed policy decisions on the approval, pricing, reimbursement and financing of medicines, diagnostics, and medical devices. APPROVAL In all countries, the Ministries of Health are generally responsible for approval of health technologies thro...

An international legal framework to address antimicrobial resistance

Editorials 66 Antimicrobial resistance is recognized as a grave threat to global health. It already causes an estimated 700 000 deaths annually and – without effective action – is predicted to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. 3 The World Health Organization (WHO) has prepared a draft Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance that will be discussed at this year's World Health Assem...