FDA launches Med Safety App to improve health care delivery in Ghana
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has launched a Med Safety App to improve services in the health sector. The Authority says the app will among other things provide a two-way communication between patients or consumers and health professionals. The App, which will allow users to report side effects...
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Capacity strengthening of legal and regulatory experts
Johannesburg, May 3, 2019 The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation strategic plan (2018-2023) has set a target to have 25 countries domesticate the African Union Model Law by 2020. Developed in response to prevailing gaps in nati...
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Regulating drug prices matters – Committed to UHC while strained by NCDs
“Imagine if an epidemic threatened to kill 41 million people every year. It’s already happening. This year. Last year. Next year, too. Non-communicable diseases are the world’s biggest killers…” this tweet from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Director General of the WHO) i...
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TDR’s role in the Access and Delivery Partnership: maximizing the impact of health innovations
In late January 2019, the Access and Delivery Partnership (ADP), the Government of Japan, and the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund convened stakeholders in Bangkok, Thailand, for a global dialogue on “ Uniting efforts for innovation, access and delivery. ” Here we introduc...
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Investing in Indonesian HTA champions: HITAP intensifies its efforts
Cover photo: Prof. Sastroasmoro, Chair of the HTAC, presenting at the symposium Indonesia established the HTA Committee (HTAC) for deciding the benefits package of the JKN , Indonesia’s universal health coverage (UHC) scheme, and since 2014 HITAP has worked closely with the HTAC to support the...
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