Via alla 72ma Assemblea mondiale della Salute dell’OMS. L’Italia presenta la risoluzione sulla trasparenza sui farmaci
The 72nd World Health Assembly, the main decision-making body of the World Health Organization, opens today (yesterday for the reader) in Geneva, which will meet at the United Nations Building, until 
Italy has promoted a proposal for a resolution of the World Health Assembly on the transparency of the contracting of medicines, vaccines and other health technologies and, in this context, co-organises with the Republic of Korea a side- official event on the same theme.
An additional side-event entitled “Nutrition4Health”, this time co-organized with Bangladesh, will address the link between nutrition, health and non-communicable diseases, emphasizing the importance of traditional, healthy and sustainable diets, such as the Mediterranean diet.
The World Health Assembly is a unique and privileged forum for discussion, at an international level, on the main issues relating to global health. The agenda includes highly topical issues: in addition to issues relating to the WHO budget and the reform of its governance, linked to the 13th General Work Program promoted by Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the national delegations will be called to discuss, among the other topics, access to medicines, emergency health programs (such as the one aimed at dealing with the Ebola epidemic), non-communicable diseases and preparations for the high-level event of the United Nations General Assembly on coverage universal healthcare.
Ministry of Health Communication 56 of 20 May 2019
The 72nd World Health Assembly, the main decision-making body of the World Health Organization, opened today in Geneva and will bring together the delegations of the 194 member states of the organization at the United Nations Building until 28 May.
Hanno partecipato inoltre il Direttore generale dell’AIFA Luca Li Bassi e il Segretario generale Giuseppe Ruocco.
Italy has promoted a proposal for a resolution of the World Health Assembly on the transparency of the contracting of medicines, vaccines and other health technologies and, in this context, has co-organized a side -official event on the same theme.
“La trasparenza dei costi e prezzi dei farmaci è un obiettivo globale. – sostiene Bartolazzi – Nessun cambiamento si può ottenere da soli. Tutti gli Stati devono lavorare insieme per la salute dei cittadini. L’obiettivo è definire un corretto prezzo di riferimento su cui negoziare”.
A further side event titled "Nutrition4Health”, this time co-organized with Bangladesh, will address the link between nutrition, health and non-communicable diseases, emphasizing the importance of traditional, healthy and sustainable diets, such as the Mediterranean diet.
The World Health Assembly is a unique and privileged forum for discussion, at an international level, on the main issues relating to global health. The agenda includes highly topical issues: in addition to issues relating to the WHO budget and the reform of its governance, linked to the 13th General Work Program promoted by Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the national delegations will be called to discuss, among the other topics, access to medicines, emergency health programs (such as the one aimed at dealing with the Ebola epidemic), non-communicable diseases and preparations for the high-level event of the United Nations General Assembly on coverage universal healthcare.
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