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Our team provides authoritative guidance and standards on quality, safety and efficacy of health products and supports countries to formulate evidence-based policies and ensure good practice throughout the value chain.
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The WHO normative and standards setting work in the area of medicines, biologicals, blood and other products of human origin has served Member States for 75 years since the establishment of the WHO Constitution.
Biological and pharmaceutical standards
WHO issues international standards and guidance as adopted by Expert Committees. These norms and standards are important for facilitating production and registration of medicines; establishing the basis for the WHO prequalification process; promoting competition of generics and biosimilars; and contributing to the availability and affordability of quality medicines.
Blood and products of human origin
WHO develops norms, standards, technical guidance and high-level strategic recommendations and provides scientific assessment of current and emerging threats on ensuring availability, safety and quality of blood products and works to improve global access to transplantation of human organs and tissues. The work supports strengthening of country and regional capacity for the supply of quality-assured safe blood products and transplant services improving access to these life-saving treatments.
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16 July 2004
Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, June 2004 – conclusions and recommendations
The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was established in 1999 by WHO to respond promptly, efficiently, independently (of WHO), and...
1 January 2003
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative achieved strong progress in 2003. By the end of 2003, only 6 countries in the world were still polio-endemic, the...
22 November 2002
Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, November 2002 – conclusions and recommendations
The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was established in 1999 by WHO to respond promptly, efficiently, independently (of WHO), and...