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UN High-level Panel on Access to Medicines

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Question for Department for International Development

UIN 55942, tabled on 1 December 2016

Question

Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Belfast South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking on implementing the recommendations in the UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines report published in September 2016; and what the timescale is for that implementation.

Answer

James Wharton
Conservative
Stockton South
Commons

Answered on

6 December 2016

DFID supports the aims of the UN High Level Panel on Access to Medicines, but we note that this panel of experts could not reach consensus. The World Health Organisation has analysed the barriers that limit access to medicines, and developed a Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property. It is, therefore, well-placed to consider, with partners, which of the Panel’s recommendations add value.

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