E-DRUG: Medicine Transparency Alliance - Global Forum papers and
presentations available online
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Dear E-druggers,
The 7 existing MeTA countries (Peru, Ghana, Zambia, Uganda, Jordan,
Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines) gathered end of June in London to
exchange lessons learned from their 2-year pilot, in which they
developed a multi-stakeholder collaboration between government, civil
society and private sector to improve access to medicines.
All presentations, posters, and case studies have now been put on the
global MeTA website: see
http://www.medicinestransparency.org/global-meta-forum/
The MeTA Global Forum brought together international and national
stakeholders from the public and private sectors and from civil society.
It was a four day programme of presentations, discussions and debates -
where delegates from all stakeholder groups in the MeTA pilot countries
shared their experiences, successes and challenges of the last two
years.
On Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 June we ran workshops, presentations and
information sessions that allowed MeTA country delegates and associates
to share experience and expertise and helped bring together lessons
learned from both the country and international level.
On Thursday 1 July these experiences were shared with a wider audience.
Representatives from the seven MeTA countries and speakers from a range
of organisations such as the Department for International Development,
the World Bank, the World Health Organization and Harvard University
presented successes and challenges that the programme has faced and
achieved to date.
Overall, the Forum:
* recognised the achievements of MeTA pilot countries and programme
* acknowledged what has been learnt about the challenges in the pilot
design
* recognised the continued importance of transparency and accountability
* identified how learning from the pilot will contribute to ongoing
transparency and accountability efforts
You are welcome to assess the lessons learned at:
http://www.medicinestransparency.org/global-meta-forum/
regards
Wilbert Bannenberg
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Wilbert Bannenberg,
Technical Director, International MeTA Secretariat
Wilbert@metasecretariat.org
http://www.MedicinesTransparency.org