First meeting of the advisory group on innovative technologies, 20-21 June 2009, Singapore
The first meeting of the advisory group on innovative technologies aimed to review and prioritize key health problems to be addressed in the WHO call for innovative technologies. The meeting convened 23 members of the advisory group, representatives from 7 WHO Collaborating Centres, 8 members of staff from WHO Regional Offices and headquarters and 8 observers from the medical device industry and other organizations.
The specific objectives were to review presentations by the WHO Collaborating Centres, to identify key global health concerns which could be addressed by a call for innovative technologies and to develop criteria for the selection of the innovative technologies.