Nepal is among the 11 World Health Organization South-Asian Region member countries who have pledged to ensure provision of affordable and accessible medical products.<\/p>\n
This includes the provision of medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices to people within the region and beyond.<\/p>\n
To further this cause, Nepal<\/a> along with other member countries\u2019 representatives signed the \u2018Delhi Declaration\u2019 to enhance provision of essential medical products.<\/p>\n \u201cAccess to safe, effective and affordable medical products is vital to prevent sufferings and impoverishment resulting from high out-of-pocket expenses on healthcare by families, especially the poor,\u201d said Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh<\/span>, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Owing to a major chunk of the region\u2019s excessive spending on health care, 65 million people fall below the poverty line in the WHO South-East Asia Region.<\/p>\n Improving access to essential medicines has been an important WHO goal since 2014. However, it still remains a challenge to ensure provision of the right medical products at the right time.<\/p>\n The Delhi Declaration seeks to address this challenge by doing the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n 71st Regional Committee Session<\/strong> Besides this, they will also focus on:<\/strong><\/p>\n Conclusion:<\/strong> Also Read: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nMember countries pledged to build an effective, transparent and engaging procedure for price negotiation within the region and pooled procurement to facilitate access and affordability of essential products for life-threatening and rare diseases, while signing the declaration.<\/p>\n\n
\nNepal has been working hard to change its health care scenario and this evident through its recent success of curbing various diseases including rubella<\/a>. Hopefully, the country will achieve this new goal that it has set through the Delhi Declaration.<\/p>\n