"Access to Essential Medicine":Introduce of China's Proposal at the 67th World Health Assembly / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the proper understanding of the content of"Access to Essential Medicine"resolution proposed by China at the 67th World Health Assembly(WHA),policy making and implication of the resolution in Chi-na. METHODS:Through descriptive analysis,the proposal background,approving process and resolution content of the"Access to Essential Medicines"resolution were introduced;the potential impact and effect of the resolution were analyzed. RESULTS:"Ac-cess to Essential Medicine"included"urging member states"and"requesting director-general",20 items."Urging member states"covered 11 items,including national medicine policy,essential medicine selection,medicine related health systems research,inter-national exchanges and cooperation,children's essential medicine accessibility,essential medicine related education,training and public recognition,obstacle recognition and strategy development,essential medicine management system and monitoring mecha-nism,flexible use of the existing policy."Requesting director-general"covered 9 items and put forward the support WHO needed to realize"urging member states"and effect evaluation after the resolution. CONCLUSIONS:"Access to Essential Medicine"is great significance to maintain human health,especially people's health in developing countries,safeguard the rights and interests of peo-ple's basic drug use and promote rational drug use. The approval of"Access to Essential Medicine"at WHA represents China's in-ternational discourse right on improving the basic medical service among basic population,and highlights China's magnitude of a great nation.