Archive for August, 2006
on MDG 15 and Affordable Medicines
This MDG target talked about providing access to affordable essential drugs, but the report delved more about the prices going down 60.9% which was beyond the 50% target, through the GMA 50 program. While such effort is commendable and should be sustained further, the more relevant question to ask is whether the lower prices enabled [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Just Cause: Quality Affordable Medicines for All
by Sen. Mar Roxas
In every nook and corner of our archipelago, Mr. President, we have sick citizens who are sick not because there is no cure for their ailment, not because they haven’t been able to see a doctor for diagnosis, they are sick because they cannot afford the medicine that has been prescribed for [...]
