WHO, UNICEF complete plan for access to medicine.(Infectious Diseases)(World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund)(Brief article)

From: Pediatric News | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Gardner, Jonathan | Copyright information

The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund have completed a plan to expand access to essential pediatric medicines in developing countries.

Completed in a meeting last month of government officials and leaders of nongovernment organizations, the plan will target medicine for conditions such as diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, respiratory tract infections, malaria, and pneumonia.

A top priority will be to expand access to combination therapies to ...

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