KUALA LUMPUR: Following resistance by several developed countries at the World Health Assembly (WHA) to a drug price transparency resolution, of which Malaysia is a co-sponsor, 66 organisations from Africa have sent an open letter to the United Kingdom government demanding that it stop opposing the resolution.
In the letter addressed to Matthew Hancock at the Health and Social Care Department and Rory Stewart from the International Development Department in London Friday , the 66 civil society organisations working in sub-Saharan Africa said they strongly supported the resolution currently being negotiated at the WHA in Geneva, Switzerland.
"The UK government’s opposition to this resolution is in sharp contrast to its claim to act as a leader in global health. It said the issue of excessive medicine pricing is a global crisis affecting all diseases, all health technologies, and all countries. The day before, Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontières , sent an urgent open letter urging the German government to stop blocking measures that can promote affordable access to medicines for people worldwide.
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