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| Indicator |
Indicator 3.b.3: Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis |
|---|---|
| Target |
Target 3.b: Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non‑communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all |
| Metadata update |
2019-01-01 |
| International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring |
World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Related indicators |
3.b.1- Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme 3.b.2- Total net official development assistance to medical research and basic health sectors 3.8.1-Coverage of essential health services (defined as the average coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, new born and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access, among the general and the most disadvantaged population) 3.8.2-Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income |
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