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TWENTY-SECOND WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 8-25 JULY 1969 WHA22.54 Establishment of Pharmaceutical Production in Developing Countries

WHA22.54

Establishment of Pharmaceutical Production in Developing Countries

The Twenty-second World Health Assembly, Being aware of the differences in the development of therapeutic practices in the countries of the world; Considering the widespread use of various traditional medicines in many countries; Being concerned about the hazards and economic wastage connected with the empirical use of such drugs as long as their efficacy and safety have not been established; and Being aware that scientific research in this field may yield valuable pharmaceutical products, REQUESTS the Director-General to study this question and to report to the Executive Board and the World Health Assembly concerning the course to be taken in further cooperation between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the World Health Organization in the establishment of pharmaceutical production in developing countries. Handb. Res., 10th ed.,1.10.4; 8.1.1.3 Fourteenth plenary meeting, 25 July 1969 (Committee on Programme and Budget, seventh report)

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