Medical Devices: Managing the Mismatch
The medical devices needs, problems, barriers to access and possible solutions are addressed in this book published in October 2010. Up to now, translations to 3 other languages were done with support from the government of the Netherlands.
The PDF and the book are now available in English, French, Spanish and Russian to help raise awareness of the importance of finding ways to increase access to medical devices for improved health outcomes all over the world.
Baseline country survey on Medical devices
The baseline country survey provides a global reference on Health Technologies, particularly on the availability of specific medical devices, policies, guidelines, standards and services.
Global initiative on health technologies
The Global Initiative on Health Technologies (GIHT) aims to support the international community in establishing a framework for the development of national health technology programmes and encourages the business and scientific communities to identify and adapt "innovative" technologies that can have a significant impact on public health in developing countries.
First WHO global forum on Medical devices
In September 2010, over 300 participants from around the world gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, for the first ever WHO global forum on Medical devices.
Highlights
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Medical devices unit in brief [pdf 774kb]
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Priority Medical devices
project aims to assess the availability and current use of medical devices.
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Biomedical engineering training worldwide
Updated!
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Compendium of new and emerging Health Technologies
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Global Health Observatory (GHO)
Medical devices -
Core medical equipment
pdf. 2.52MB
Medical devices are essential for safe and effective prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of illness and disease. The achievement of health-related development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals depends upon proper manufacturing, regulation, planning, assessment, acquisition, management and use of medical devices which are of good quality, safe and compatible with the settings in which they are used.
As outlined in the World Health Assembly resolution WHA60.29, the WHO Department of Essential Health Technologies (EHT), Diagnostics Imaging and Medical devices Team (DIM) aims to ensure improved access, quality and use of safe and appropriate medical devices in line with Primary Health Care Reform.
