Frank Gramsen

#AccessToMedicines requires policies that enable local production, intellectual property rules that protect public health, sustainable financing, effective regulation and procurement systems that translate resources into affordable medicines. The National Policy Dialogue has closed with a clear call to turn these discussions and recommendations into practical reforms that strengthen Uganda’s capacity to secure the medicines people need. @ITPCglobal @KELINKenya @UNITAID

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 Low and Middle-Income countries continue to face growing challenges in ensuring sustainable access to medicines and other essential health products. Pressures on global supply chain, recent health crises, the rising cost of innovative treatments, and budget constraints affecting health systems and insurance coverage all highlight the need to strengthen national capacities to guarantee equitable, continuous, and affordable access to health products. CEHURD, in partnership with @KELINKenya and @ITPCglobal is hosting a national dialogue platform bringing together stakeholders involved in intellectual property, innovation, local production, and #AccessToMedicines. This national symposium on #IntellectualProperty, Pharmaceutical Innovation, and Access to Medicines in Uganda aims to foster a collective, constructive, and multi-stakeholder reflection on the levers that can strengthen sustainable access to health products in the Ugandan context. #AccessToMedicines