Navigating complexity to improve global access
Channel: GHTC
Date: 2022-08-18

Webinar, held on August 17, 2022, presenting an overview and discussion on a report, co-authored by GHTC and the Duke Global Health Innovation Center (GHIC), Navigating complexity to improve global access: Supporting a more efficient and effective World Health Organization Prequalification Program. The report, which is based on qualitative interviews with product development and regulatory experts and quantitative analysis of 26 prequalified products, examines successes and pain points of the program and provides recommendations to improve its role in facilitating global access to health innovations. The webinar featured a presentation of report findings by Elina Urli Hodges, Assistant Director of Programs at Duke GHIC and remarks by Dr. Rogério Gaspar, Director of Regulation and Prequalification (PQ) at the World Health Organization (WHO). It was facilitated by Jamie Bay Nishi, Executive Director of GHTC. 

The webinar served as a platform for candid exchange, highlighting strong divergences in perception regarding the PQ program, and the hosts hope it will serve as a starting point for continued dialogue with WHO to advance our shared goal of a more efficient and effective PQ program.