Third WHO global forum on medical devices - report

Overview

The adoption of the first resolution on health technologies in May 2007 by the World Health Assembly, WHA 60.29, and subsequently WHA 67.20 and WHA67.23, set the framework for an unprecedented focus on health technologies. Medical devices are indispensable for health-care delivery but their selection, regulation and use present enormous challenges.

The First Global Forum on Medical Devices took place in Bangkok, Thailand, in September 2010, with participants coming from 107 Member States. The event raised awareness and served as a forum to share ideas on how to increase access to safe and effective medical devices.

The Second Global Forum on Medical Devices, in November 2013, addressed the development of lists of medical devices by clinical intervention and disseminated information about innovative, appropriate and affordable devices for low-resource settings in accordance with resolution WHA 60.29.

In May 2017, the Third Global Forum on Medical Device considered the achievements that have been made in the field and addressed challenges in LMIC towards UHC within the framework of the SDGs.