WHO Medicines Strategy: Framework for Action in Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy - 2000 - 2003: 2. Strategic Directions: 2.1. WHO strategic directions

WHO Medicines Strategy: Framework for Action in Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy - 2000 - 2003
(2000; 81 pages) [French]

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements
	Abbreviations, Acronyms & WHO Regions
	Highlights - WHO Medicines Strategy: 2000 - 2003
	1. The Impact of Essential Drugs
		1.1. Substantial progress has been made
		1.2 Unfinished agenda and new challenges
	2. Strategic Directions
		2.1. WHO strategic directions
		2.2 WHO Medicines Strategy: 2000 - 2003
		2.3 Health technology and pharmaceuticals
	3. Core Functions Improving Health Through Knowledge, Advocacy and Partnership
	4. Country Work - Why and How?
		4.1 Country work in context
		4.2 How WHO works with countries on medicines
		4.3 Types of WHO support
	5. Framework for Action: Objectives and Expected Outcomes for 2000 - 2003
		5.1 Policy: Ensure commitment of all stakeholders to national drug policies, to coordinated implementation, and to monitoring policy impact
		5.2 Access: Ensure equitable availability and affordability of essential drugs, with an emphasis on diseases of poverty
		5.3 Quality and safety: Ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of all medicines by strengthening and putting into practice regulatory and quality assurance standards
		5.4 Rational use: Ensure therapeutically sound and cost-effective use of drugs by health professionals and consumers
	6. Monitoring Progress
		6.1 Monitoring, evaluation and indicators
		6.2 Country progress indicators for the WHO Medicines Strategy
		6.3 Indicator values for the WHO Medicines Strategy
		6.4 Improving the monitoring/evaluation process and tools
	References and Notes

2.1. WHO strategic directions

WHO's work covers numerous health-related technical areas, but its overall objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest level of health. In order to help WHO staff - wherever they work - to meet this objective, the Organization recently set out four strategic directions. These are helping to ensure clear priorities and a shared agenda (Figure 2). ¹⁹Implementation of the Medicines Strategy will contribute to all four WHO strategic directions.