# \[e-drug\] Seeking inputs from youths for WHO Discussion Paper on Essential Medicines and Technologies for NCDs

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**Author:** ![abhishek\_sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@abhishek\_sharma](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/abhishek_sharma)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-seeking-inputs-from-youths-for-who-discussion-paper-on-essential-medicines-and-technologies-for-ncds/41981/1 "2015-08-18T21:00:46Z")

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E-DRUG: Seeking inputs from youths for WHO Discussion Paper on Essential Medicines and Technologies for NCDs  
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Dear Colleagues (Young professionals)

On behalf of The Lancet Youth Commission on Essential Medicines Policies, I  
reach out to you seeking your comments/suggestions on how countries can  
improve accessibility, availability and affordability of essential  
medicines and basic health technologies for non-communicable diseases  
(NCDs).

World Health Organization (WHO) recently published a discussion paper on  
improving accessibility, availability and affordability of essential  
medicines and basic health technologies for NCDs. WHO is seeking input from  
diverse stakeholders, in order to strengthen its technical assistance to  
Member States in efforts to meet the target of "80% availability of  
affordable basic technologies and essential medicines" for NCDs. The paper  
is open for public consultation until the end of August. The public  
consultation provides a tremendous opportunity for civil society engagement  
regarding the language and actions of WHO, helping countries devise  
practical and actionable NCD strategies. The Young Professionals Chronic  
Disease Network and The Lancet Youth Commission on Essential Medicines  
Policies wish to submit a comment which reflects YPCDN community and \*young\*  
people's views and insights, to the WHO for consideration as it finalizes  
its discussion paper.

We request you to please tell us your thoughts on the WHO paper and share  
your experiences by filling out as many questions as possible on this  
questionnaire \<[http://ycemp.com/joint-consultation-yp-cdn/&gt](http://ycemp.com/joint-consultation-yp-cdn/&gt); by Monday,  
August 24th. Please Feel free to share this email with your networks.

Get involved with The Lancet Youth Commission on Essential Medicines  
Policies at www.ycemp.com, Twitter  
\<[https://twitter.com/Lancet\_YCEMP?lang=en&gt;](https://twitter.com/Lancet_YCEMP?lang=en&gt;), and Facebook  
\<[https://www.facebook.com/ycemp?fref=ts&gt;\](https://www.facebook.com/ycemp?fref=ts&gt;%5C).

Regards  
Abhishek

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Abhishek Sharma, \*BPharm, MPH\*  
Department of Global Health  
Center for Global Health and Development  
Boston University School of Public Health  
Boston, MA, USA  
Phone: +1-8572346754;  
Email: abhi0991@bu.edu  
ResearchGate \<[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abhishek\_Sharma43&gt](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abhishek_Sharma43&gt);