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#WHOPrequalification verifies that a health product meets international quality standards.
WHO prequalification covers:
💊medicines
💉 vaccines
🧫 in vitro diagnostics
🦟 vector control products
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@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA By guaranteeing quality, #WHOPrequalification helps ensure that procurement agencies like @UNICEF, @GlobalFund, @UNFPA and @UNITAID - buy quality-assured products and do not have to carry out quality assurance themselves, thereby saving time and money bit.ly/WHOPrequalific…

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID Many low- and middle-income countries also use #WHOPrequalification lists of products to guide national procurement of medical products bit.ly/WHOPrequalific…

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines #WHOPrequalification has helped lower prices of medicines, vaccines and other health products, enabling more people to benefit from those products bit.ly/WHOPrequalific…

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines Last month, WHO launched first-ever #insulin prequalification programme to expand access to life-saving treatment for #diabetes in low- and middle-income countries bit.ly/2QdOVNB

#WHOPrequalification #BeatNCDs

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines #WHOPrequalification of medicines primarily benefits populations requiring treatment for priority diseases, and women and girls in need of medicines to ensure their reproductive health.
About 70% of WHO prequalified medicines are generic bit.ly/WHOPrequalific…

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines #WHOPrequalification has been instrumental in broadening access to medicines for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis by prequalifying a large number of less expensive generic medicines bit.ly/WHOPrequalific…

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines An increasing choice of prequalified active pharmaceutical ingredients has opened up new opportunities for production of affordable, good quality medicines; and has shortened the time to prequalification for the finished products that use them #WHOPrequalification

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines List of WHO prequalified medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients bit.ly/2q0RO9W

#WHOPrequalification

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines @WHOIndonesia In November, WHO prequalifies #Ebola vaccine, paving the way for its use in high-risk countries which means that it meets WHO standards for quality, safety & efficacy
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#WHOPrequalification

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines @WHOIndonesia @OMSRDCONGO List of WHO prequalified vaccines bit.ly/37GZDCz

#WHOPrequalification #VaccinesWork💪🏽

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines @WHOIndonesia @OMSRDCONGO WHO evaluates the safety of a number of In vitro diagnostics - tests that can detect diseases, conditions, or infections. They may be used in laboratories, professional health settings or at home bit.ly/WHOPrequalific…

#WHOPrequalification

@WHO_Europe @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @UNICEF @UNFPA @GlobalFund @UNITAID @WHOPhilippines @WHOIndonesia @OMSRDCONGO List of #WHOPrequalification in vitro diagnostic products 👉🏽bit.ly/37OqiNY