On 11 July, the health ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—known as BRICS countries—met in Beijing, where they discussed better access to affordable, high quality medicines in order to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. Health ministers discussed the importance of technology transfer between BRICS countries and other developing nations to stimulate their capacity to produce medicines at affordable prices.

Related Links

• BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting-Beijing Declaration
  
• WHO Director-General addresses first meeting of BRICS health ministers
• First meeting of BRICS health ministers brings new leadership to global health

Quality and Regulation

• PANDRH  Pan American Network for Drug Regulatory Harmonization | Working Group on Good Manufacturing Practices
• Quality and Regulation

PAHO Governing Bodies and related documents

• 2011 CE148/INF/5 Implementation of the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property
• CD50.R9 - CD50/20,Rev1 Strengthening National Regulatory Authorities for Medicines and Biologicals
• 2008 CD-48.18 -CD48.R15 Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property: a Regional Perspective

Health Financing

• Health Accounts (HA)/National Health Accounts (NHA) in the Americas
• Technical Consultation on Health Satellite Accounts in the Americas [2010]  
• Documentos metodológicos sobre la estimación del gasto en salud en la base de datos de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud 

Access to Health Services and Medicines

• Access and Innovation 
• Access and Innovation for Health: Regional Platform

Generics

• Generic Medicines Strategy  

Support the TRIPS safeguards

• Public Health perspective on Intellectual Property Rights management 
  

(Photograph and source of information: UNAIDS)