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Steering Committee meeting of the WHO Member State mechanism on SF Medical Products [1]
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Date: 2022-07-05 00:00:00
Background Information
In 2012, the World Health Assembly established the Member State Mechanism to address the issue of tackling substandard and falsified medical products in a transparent and inclusive way, from a public health perspective and expressly excluding considerations of intellectual property rights.
The Member State Mechanism has a Steering Committee led by a Chairperson who is supported by 11 Vice-Chairpersons, representing the six regions of the WHO.
The term of office of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons will start at the end of a regular session of the mechanism and expire at the end of every second regular session. The Chair rotates amongst the Regions on an alphabetical basis.
On 29 May 2017, the World Health Assembly agreed to have “Substandard and Falsified (SF) medical products” as the term to be used in the name of the Member State mechanism and in all future documentation on the subject of medical products of this type.
The Member State Mechanism's goal is to protect public health and promote access to affordable, safe, efficacious, and quality medical products, promote through effective collaboration among the Member States and the Secretariat, the prevention and control of SF medical products and associated activities.
Meeting Information (5-6 July 2022, Virtual meeting)
The Steering Committee of the WHO Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products will meet from 5-6 July 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Committee will discuss and provide guidance on the list of prioritized activities to implement the workplan of the Member State mechanism for the period 2022-2023 (See A/MSM/10/11 Rev.1 Annex 2).
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