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The Economist (Sept 2, 2010) estimated that the counterfeit drug market is worth approximately $75-billion a year. Of all medicines sold worldwide, some 15 percent are counterfeit. In developing countries, counterfeit drugs amount to approximately 30 percent of drugs sold. In May 2010, the Sixty-Third World Health Assembly (WHA...
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Executive Board Meeting, 130th session, January 16-23, 2012
The Executive Board Meeting is important in the lead-up to the World Health Assembly (WHA). The Executive Board is composed of 34 members, each appointed by a Member State and elected by the WHA. The members of the Board are individuals with technical expertise in the field of health, and...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is embarking on the most extensive administrative, managerial, and financial reforms in its 63-year history. While reform discussions started in 2010 under the title “Future Financing for the WHO,” they now encompass an organization-wide reform. The debate has expanded to include questions around the WHO’s...