[Richard Laing du département Médicaments Essentiels de l'OMS annonce la
publication sur le site web de l'OMS de la publication en anglais du
chapitre sur l'Accès aux médicaments partie intégrante des Droits de l'Homme
dans la nouvelle édition de " La Situation des produits pharmaceutiques dans
le monde"
Pour télécharger le chapitre :
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/m/abstract/Js18772en/
CB]
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la part de Laing, Richard Ogilvie
Envoyé : mercredi 24 août 2011 14:42
Medicines
E-DRUG: New World Medicines Situation chapter on Access to Essential
Medicines
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To all E-Druggers,
I am very pleased to announce the publication of a new World Medicines
Situation chapter. It is on Access to Medicines as Part of the Right to
Health and is written by Hans V. Hogerzeil formerly of the Department of
Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, in WHO, Geneva, and Zafar
Mirza from the Department of Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual
Property in WHO, Geneva.
To download the chapter please go to
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/m/abstract/Js18772en/ .
The abstract reads:
-Human rights constitute an important principle of our time. These
fundamental human rights translate the values of equity, freedom, fairness,
social justice and non-discrimination into practical entitlements for
individuals, which increasingly guide public policies and national judicial
systems. Access to essential medicines as part of the right to health has
been further refined in recent years;
- An increasing number of patients in developing countries, especially in
Central and South America, are claiming their health rights through the
courts. However, instead of leaving it to the judiciary to define people> '>
s rights, health policy-makers should ensure that human rights principles
are incorporated in medicine programmes from the outset;
- The WHO World Health Assembly has agreed to use the legal recognition of
the right to health as an indicator of a government> '> s commitment to
improving access to essential medicines. Access to essential medicines has
also become one of five UN indicators to measure progress in the progressive
realization of the right to health;
- At least one third of the world> '> s population has no regular access to
medicines. Inequity in access to essential medicines is part of inequity in
health care. Key evidence to document such inequities is rarely collected.
More than 30 countries have not yet ratified the International Convention on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and 60 countries do not recognize the
right to health in their national constitution;
The concept of essential medicines with its focus on equity, solidarity and
social justice is already very much in line with the principles of human
rights. Yet the daily practice of national essential medicine policies and
programmes can learn from the growing human rights movement and its emphasis
on transparency, accountability and freedom from discrimination. This
chapter sets out practical recommendations for governments, United Nations
organizations and nongovernmental organizations on ensuring access to
essential medicines as part of the right to health.
For more information on other chapters please go to
http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/policy/world_medicines_situation/en/index
.html
or the Table of Contents at
http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/policy/world_medicines_situation/wmsr_tab
le/en/index.html
Thank you,
Richard
Richard Laing (Coordinator)
Medicine Information and Evidence for Policy,
Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies
World Health Organization
CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Tel 41 22 791 4533
Fax 41 22791 4167
E-mail laingr@who.int