Andrew Chetley Communication and Capacity Strengthening Director International MeTA Secretariat 23 June 2009, Consultative meeting with the pharmaceutical industry, London Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA): The core principles MeTA 16/09/2008

5 key principles Responsibility for access Role of transparency Importance of equity Importance of evidence-based policy Mutual accountability through multi-stakeholder action 16/09/2008 2

Responsibility for access

Role of transparency

Importance of equity

Importance of evidence-based policy

Mutual accountability through multi-stakeholder action

1. Responsibility for access Governments are responsible for providing access to health care, including access to essential medicines 23 June 2009 3

Governments are responsible for providing access to health care, including access to essential medicines

2. Role of transparency Stronger and more transparent systems and improved supply chain management will increase access 16/09/2008 3

Stronger and more transparent systems and improved supply chain management will increase access

3. Equity Increasing equitable access to medicines improves health and enables other human development objectives to be achieved 16/09/2008 4

Increasing equitable access to medicines improves health and enables other human development objectives to be achieved

4. Evidence-based policy Improved information about medicines can inform public debate, and provide a basis for better policy 23 June 2009 6 2. Affordable prices ACCESS 1. Rational selection 4. Reliable health and supply systems 3. Sustainable financing

Improved information about medicines can inform public debate, and provide a basis for better policy

5. Mutual accountability through mutli-stakeholder action A multi-stakeholder approach that involves all sectors – private, public and civil society - will lead to greater accountability 23 June 2009 7

A multi-stakeholder approach that involves all sectors – private, public and civil society - will lead to greater accountability

What’s new about MeTA? “ Learning to engage in dialogue means to move from hearing to listening.” 16/09/2008 MeTA

“ Learning to engage in dialogue means to move from hearing to listening.”

Will poor people in these countries have greater access to medicines? 16/09/2008 MeTA

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