WHO Medical Devices May 2020 Newsletter

Overview

The aim of this Newsletter is to disseminate information on medical devices and related topics, including policies and regulations, quality and safety, health technology assessment, health technology management, priority medical devices, innovation, and global collaborations. Any upcoming WHO books, reports and events will be advertised in the newsletter. The newsletter this month includes:

1.Priority medical devices for COVID management

2. Emergency supply catalogue

3. For personal protective Equipment

4. For in vitro diagnostics

5. Clinical Management of patients

6. For SARI treatment centers

7. For manufacturers

8. On Innovation

9. Data update by country for COVID

10. Update of Global Atlas country data

11. On-going work of WHO with NGOs in official relations in support of COVID

12. Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Treatment Centre

13. Global accelerator to increase access to diagnostics vaccines and treatment