Health products policy and standards

Our team provides authoritative guidance and standards on quality, safety and efficacy of health products and supports countries to formulate evidence-based policies and ensure good practice throughout the value chain.

About us

Highlights

Activities

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Strengthening access to essential medicines

Events

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9 – 13 October 2023

Fifty-seventh meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations

Health Product Policy and Standards

16 – 20 October 2023

Forty-sixth Expert Committee on Drug Dependence

17 October 2023

INN Session with INN stakeholders

17 – 20 October 2023

77th INN Consultation

News

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14 July 2023

Departmental news

Second update of information note on integrated health, trade, IP response to COVID-19 launched

5 June 2023

Departmental news

WHO releases new Wheelchair provision guidelines

12 April 2023

Departmental news

Assistive Technology for inclusive development: WHO co-hosts CPD side event

Calls for

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18 April 2023

Call for consultation

Call for public consultation - Technical specifications for selection of essential in vitro diagnostics for antibodies to hepatitis C virus, combined antibodies to HCV and HCV core antigen, HCV core antigen and qualitative or quantitative HCV nucleic acid

18 April 2023

Call for consultation

Call for public consultation - Technical specifications for hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen, quantitative HBV nucleic acid, hepatitis B e antigen, IgM-specific antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen, and antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen

3 April 2023

Call for consultation

Call for public consultation - Technical specifications for selection of essential in vitro diagnostics for influenza A and B antigen RDT, influenza A and B antigen instrument-based point-of-care immunoassay and influenza A and B nucleic acid test

Expert Committees

Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

Expert Committee on Biological Standardization

Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations (ECSPP)

Advisory groups

Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on In Vitro Diagnostics (SAGE IVD)

Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Medical Devices (STAG MEDEV)

Advisory Group of Experts on Assistive Technology

WHO Technical Advisory Group on the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool

Training

School of International Nonproprietary Names

Training in Assistive Products

Technical Briefing Seminar

Publications

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These Wheelchair provision guidelines aim to support improved access to appropriate wheelchairs, for all those in need, including children, older persons,...

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WHO standards for prosthetics and orthotics assessment package: assessment guide

The Assessment package has been developed for countries to evaluate the implementation of the WHO Standards for prosthetics and orthotics. It enables identification...

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WHO standards for prosthetics and orthotics assessment package: user manual

The Assessment package has been developed for countries to evaluate the implementation of the WHO Standards for prosthetics and orthotics. It enables identification...

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The first issue of Volume 37, includesConsultation DocumentsMiltefosine capsules (miltefosini capsules)Miltefosine (miltefosinum)Zidovudine (zidovudinum)International...

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