General Resources
These resources relate to the issues that MeTA is concerned with, both internally and externally produced. Clicking on one of the links may take you away from the MeTA website, to the source of that information.
High cost of AIDS medicines causing shortages
Lack of funding for global HIV and AIDS programmes and the high cost of new medications endanger patient's lives - MSF
Keeping it real - combatting the spread of fake drugs in poor countries
International Policy Network report on protecting the world's poor from fake medicines (Also available in Spanish)
Civil society organisations discuss access to medicines
Read a participant's account of the five-day MeTA CSO workshop in Akosombo, Ghana, in May 2009
The struggle for access to essential medicines in East and Southern Africa
Short stories from East and Southern Africa about the difficulties that ordinary people face in accessing essential medicines.
Global corruption barometer 2009 - Transparency International
A global public opinion survey, reflecting the views of more than 73,000 people from 69 countries and territories around the world.
What is causing drug shortages in Uganda?
Sandra Kiapi, of Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) Uganda, examines the problems in getting the right medicines to the right people at the right time.
Technical checklist for pharmaceutical products
This checklist forms the appendix to the Charter for the quality of medicines, vaccines, diagnostic products and small medical materials (see below) (also available in French)
Charter for the quality of vaccines, medicines, diagnostic products and small medical materials
A charter, which 20 Belgian stakeholders have signed up to, and which is targeted towards pharmaceutical companies and distributors (also available in French)
Access, quality, transparency and accountability in the health care market place in Uganda
Health care in Uganda in the context of research studies on health rights with a special focus on HIV/AIDS and human rights in sub-Saharan Africa
Off the agenda, counterfeits still draw attention at Health Assembly
Counterfeit medicines were left off this year's World Health Assembly agenda but still managed to have an impact.