USP advances the quality, safety and benefit of medicines and foods across the globe through international policy and regulatory analysis, advocacy, and collaboration with governments, multilateral institutions, regional cooperation initiatives and other stakeholder organizations.
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Advocating for medicines we can trust
Millions of people around the world lack access to quality medicines. Medicines We Can Trust is a global collaborative campaign highlighting the human impact of poor-quality medicines and advocating for the right to safe and quality medicines for everyone, everywhere.
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Statements and policy dialogues on global health issues
USP Statements to the 72nd World Health Assembly
- Agenda Item 12.2: Member State mechanism on substandard and falsified medical products
- Agenda Item 11.8: Follow-up to the high-level meetings of the United Nations General Assembly on health related issues
- Agenda Item 11.7: Access to medicines and vaccines
Policy Dialogues
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
USP is working to help address the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Substandard and falsified medicines
Substandard and falsified medicines pose a grave global health threat causing more than a million patient deaths a year, reducing the effectiveness of medical treatment, contributing to drug resistant infections, depleting national health resources and posing a threat to domestic security.
