9-11 October 2018, New Delhi
To enable a holistic view on access to medical products, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India with the support of World Health Organization is organizing the ‘2nd World Conference on Access to Medical Products - Achieving the SDGs 2030’ at New Delhi from 9 -11 October 2018.
Reliable access to effective, safe, quality-assured and affordable medical products (medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, devices) is key to progressing towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the SDGs. UHC includes appropriate access to affordable and quality-assured medical products supporting countries in achieving the targets of the health SDGs. India’s contribution towards access to medical products worldwide is well recognized.
The main objective of the 2nd World Conference 2018 is to take forward the recommendations from the 1st World Conference 2017 and build on the work done for access to medical products in the context of SDGs, including trade agreements.
The specific objectives are to promote an enabling ecosystem in the context of WHO’s 13th Global Programme of Work for access to medical products; foster new approaches in innovation landscape for medical products and health technologies for accelerating research and innovation; and identify knowledge, information and policy options on the interface of international trade and health to achieve SDG 2030 goals.
The Conference has been designed for discussions relating to the various themes of GPW13, innovation and manufacturing, regulation and access and financing, legal landscape and trade-related aspects. Approximately 200 invited participants, international, regional and national, are expected to participate in the conference.
The ‘1st World Conference on Access to Medical Products and International Laws for Trade and Health in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ was organized on 21-23 November 2017 by MoHFW, Government of India. The report of the 1st World Conference along with executive summary can be accessed at http://www.worldsdg2030.org/reports.aspx.