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2nd World Conference on Access to Medical Products: Achieving the SDGs 2030
Why is it in news?
- The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India with the support of World Health Organization is organized the ‘2nd World Conference on Access to Medical Products – Achieving the SDGs 2030’ at New Delhi.
Objectives of the conference
- The main objective of the 2nd World Conference 2018 is to take forward the recommendations from the 1st World Conference 2017 and build on the work done for access to medical products in the context of SDGs, including trade agreements.
- The specific objectives are :1) To promote an enabling ecosystem in the context of WHO’s 13th Global Programme of Work for access to medical products;2) Foster new approaches in innovation landscape for medical products and health technologies for accelerating research and innovation; and3) Identify knowledge, information and policy options on the interface of international trade and health to achieve SDG 2030 goals.
Source
The Hindu, PIB