E-DRUG: The Lancet Commission on Essential Medicines - full text
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[This is a long message with a lot of important information - Thanks Andy}
Dear E-druggers
The full text of the report of The Lancet Commission on Essential Medicines can be accessed at
www.thelancet.com/commissions/essential-medicines
* Essential medicines for universal health coverage. Veronika J Wirtz, Hans V Hogerzeil, Andrew L Gray, Maryam Bigdeli, Cornelis P de Joncheere, Margaret A Ewen, and others - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31907-9/fulltext
* Comment: Essential medicines for universal health coverage. Pamela Das, Richard Horton - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31907-9/fulltext
* Better life through medicine-let's leave no one behind. Lilianne Ploumen, Edith Schippers - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31905-5/fulltext
* Towards access 2030. Suzanne Hill, Marie Paule Kieny - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31904-3/fulltext
* Scaling up for universal health coverage. Andrew Witty - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31903-1/fulltext
* Youth demand action on the shared global challenge of access to medicines. Youth Commission on Essential Medicines Policies - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31906-7/fulltext
* Veronika Wirtz: global leader in improving access to medicines. Richard Lane - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32137-7/fulltext
The launch event at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will be live-streamed at https://panopto.lshtm.ac.uk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=cde64f3f-233b-4f7f-bcd5-1e8b47d89b68
The press release is below.
There are also podcasts at http://www.thelancet.com/pb-assets/Lancet/stories/commissions/essential-medicines/veronika_wirtz.mp3; http://www.thelancet.com/pb-assets/Lancet/stories/commissions/essential-medicines/andy_gray.mp3 and http://www.thelancet.com/pb-assets/Lancet/stories/commissions/essential-medicines/hans_hogerzeil.mp3
Regards
Andy