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Assuring availability and accessibility of opioid medicines, 4–5 April 2011

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The WHO prequalification of medicines programme, in conjunction with the prequalification of vaccines and diagnostics programmes, held the sixth consultative stakeholders meeting at the Centre International de Conférences, Geneva, Switzerland, on 4 April 2011. This was followed by a meeting with manufacturers on 5 April 2011, organized by the WHO prequalification of medicines and vaccines programmes.

Statistics and figures

Regional Health Observatory

Average pharmaceutical expenditure: US$ 1141 million

Average pharmaceutical expenditure per capita: US$ 57 

Average density of pharmacists: 5.02 per 10 000 population

Average number of licensed pharmaceutical manufacturers: 52

Average number of registered pharmaceutical products: 7529