The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on world leaders to put health for all on the highest political agenda and apply lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic during high-level meetings at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78) in New York. Since the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic, the biopharmaceutical industry
Dr. Diana Edralin, President of Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association of the Philippines and General Manager of Roche Philippines.
“We are committed to play our part in future pandemics and further research and development is essential to help us prepare. We share the moral imperative to respond faster and do better to ensure equitable access to treatments and vaccines,” said the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations in a statement during the UNGA.
Edralin, who is also the general manager of Roche Philippines, provided examples of how they are contributing to fast track UHC in the country. In the process, the company is supporting the Department of Health 8-Point Agenda on mainstreaming the primary care approach, access to high-quality, safe and people centered services, and ensuring health human resource development among others.
With the aim of broadening access to the standard of care through capability and capacity building, Roche partnered with Project ECHO globally, with the Philippines as one of the seven pilot countries. The innovative platform offers a collaborative video telementoring model for medical education and care management that connects national centers of excellence to remote and underserved areas.
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