‘Science Speaks’ Reports From WHA 2019, Highlights Discussion Around Improving Access To Medicines, Diagnostics, Vaccines

IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: World Health Assembly 2019: No universal health coverage without better access to medicines, health ministers say
Rabita Aziz, writer at “Science Speaks” and senior specialist in global health policy at the Infectious Diseases Society of America, reports from the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly and highlights discussion around the importance of and challenges to improving access to medicines, diagnostics, and vaccines to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) (5/20).

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