A regional training workshop on “Key enabling factors for the successful local production and supply of quality-assured medical products” took place from 26 – 28 November 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The WHO Local Production Programme with the support of WHO Country Office Thailand, organized the three-day workshop. The workshop was supported by international partners from The Global Fund, Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), UNCTAD, UNDP, UNICEF and WHO.
The goal of the training workshop was to strengthen the capacity of local manufacturers in the WHO South-East Asia Region in the sustainable production of quality-assured medical products. More than 90 participants attended the training workshop. These included pharmaceutical manufacturers from Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam together with manufacturers’ associations namely Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries, Myanmar Pharmaceutical & Medical Equipment Entrepreneurs' Association, Sri Lanka Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association, and Thailand Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association. Representatives from the Directorate General of Drug Administration Bangladesh, Thailand Food and Drug Administration, Thailand National Health Security Office, Bureau of Medicine and Medical Supply and Vaccine Management also attended.