WHO Medical Devices May 2024, Newsletter

Overview

This Newsletter aims 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.

Contents: 

1. Information for the World Health Assembly happening this week in Geneva;
2. an invite to a workshop on the WHO Global Model Regulatory Framework for Medical Devices;
3. a link to the Patient safety rights charter;
4. a reminder for the call for submissions for the fifth WHO model list of essential in vitro diagnostics (EDL 5);
5. and a save the date for the webinar on nomenclature for medical devices.