Making Quality Healthcare Affordable

IDA standards and WHO prequalification program of medicines

04-08-09

Creating more commitment to harmonisation of Quality Systems

As one of the four pillars of the mission of IDA is Affordability (in addition to Quality, Availability and Service), IDA is continuously looking for more economic efficient ways to supply the programs and projects of our partners. One significant step towards a higher rate of efficiency is to create more commitment to harmonisation of Quality Systems.

The Prequalification Programme of the WHO aims to make quality priority medicines available for the benefit of those in need, in close cooperation with national regulatory agencies and partner organisations. This is achieved through its evaluation and inspections, creating capacity for sustainable manufacturing and monitoring of quality medicines.

The WHO list of prequalified medicinal products has become an important tool for agencies or organisations, in addition to UN organisations, involved in bulk purchasing of medicines, both at country level and at international level.
IDA Foundation fully acknowledges the WHO prequalification program.

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For more information on the WHO prequalification program use the following link
http://apps.who.int/prequal/