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Sixth consultative meeting on UN prequalification of medicines, diagnostics and vaccines, 5–8 April 2011

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A technical group meeting on the WHO Good Governance for Medicines (GGM) programme was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 5 to 8 April 2011. The objective of the meeting was to solicit the input of a group of technical experts in ongoing efforts to adapt WHO technical assistance in this area to country needs. Participants included officials from national medicines authorities who have been involved with the GGM programme and have an in‐depth knowledge of GGM concepts, documents and methodology.

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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