Delivered by Cyntia Genolet, Head System strengthening and Africa Policy, IFPMA Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important discussion today. IFPMA represents leading research-based pharmaceutical companies as well as national and regional industry associations across the world, including three associations in Africa. IFPMA stands together with the global health community to support...
Read moreThis article was originally published in the Financial Times on August 6, 2019. The search for a dementia cure rests on helping innovators Governments must steer private funding towards difficult diseases Innovation can change the maths of Alzheimer’s disease. But to do that, governments need to change the maths for innovators. The estimated annual global...
Read moreDavid Stewart, Associate Director, Nursing and Health Policy at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) talks to IFPMA about the importance of nurses in achieving universal health coverage. Earlier this year, Dr Tedros endorsed 2020 as the Year of Nurses and Midwives. What are your hopes for 2020? We have been working with Dr Tedros...
Read moreThe Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks the innovation performance of 129 countries and economies around the world, based on 80+ indicators. Co-published by WIPO, Cornell University and INSEAD, the report provides an annual ranking of the innovation capabilities and performance of economies around the world. This year’s report features a chapter titled “Reaching New Frontiers...
Read moreThis blog was originally published on CDDEP website on 15 July 2019. Somewhat perversely, antibiotic overuse exists side-by-side with lack of access to such medicines in today’s world. While we are aware of the consequences of drug-resistant bacterial infections, it is less well known that there are millions of people in low- and middle-income countries...
Read moreKawaldip Sehmi, CEO of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) talks to IFPMA about why the Essential Medicines List is important for patients. What does the addition of new medicines on the 2019 EML update mean for patients? The inclusion of any medicine, including innovative and specialty medicines, on the World Health Organization’s Essential...
Read moreThis blog was originally published on Health Awareness Value of Vaccines 2019 campaign on 27 June 2019. Influenza is a highly infectious disease that usually strikes during the winter season. Globally, it causes an estimated one billion cases of influenza, resulting in 290,000 to 650,000 deaths per year. A person can get the virus simply...
Read moreInfluenza is a highly infectious disease that usually strikes during the winter season. Globally, it causes an estimated one billion cases of influenza, resulting in 290,000 to 650,000 deaths per year. A person can get the virus simply by being near an infected person that coughs, sneezes or talks, or by touching something with the virus on it. Although everyone can be affected, some people are more at risk than others, such as the elderly, people with chronic diseases (such as heart disease and diabetes), young children, pregnant women and healthcare professionals. The most effective way to prevent the flu is vaccination.
Read moreThis blog was originally published on Health Policy Watch on 7 June 2019. The first-ever United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), scheduled for 23 September 2019, will soon be upon us. The sense of urgency in preparing for this historic milestone in achieving global health progress was palpable during the World...
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