22 WHO
Interactions/meetings with WHO governing bodies:
May 2011 During the 64th World Health Assembly 2011,
FIP contributed statements on the following items:
SSFFC (Counterfeit) medicines (joint statement given on behalf
of the World Health Professions Alliance)
Rational Use of Medicines (joint statement given on behalf of
the World Health Professions Alliance)
September 2011 FIP was present at a United nations highlevel
meeting on noncommunicable diseases (nCDs) prevention
and control in new York (organised to shape the international
agenda on the issue of nCDs) and gave a statement on behalf of
itself and allied healthcare professionals, commenting on their
recent campaign to enable healthcare professionals to take a
proactive role in prescreening patients for risk factors.
January 2012 FIP was present and gave a Statement at a
meeting examining WHO s involvement in the fight against
counterfeit/falsified medicines; a meeting which resulted in the development of a memberstate driven process to deal with WHO
involvement in the fight against counterfeit/falsified medicines.
fIP AnD THE WORLD HEALTH ORGAnIZATIOn (WHO)