World Local Production Forum (WLPF)

The Indian delegation is going to participate in the 2nd World Local Production Forum (WLPF) at the World Forum, The Hague in Netherlands in November 2023.

WLPF is a platform to generate actionable recommendations to support local production of medicines and healthcare technologies.

Created by – World Health Organisation (WHO).

The 1^st edition of WLPF was organized virtually in 2021.

Aims

- To emphasize the importance of health product production as a vital long-term infrastructure.
- To promote strengthening local production of medicines and other health technologies.
- To improve timely and equitable access to quality assured health products.
- To strengthen global, regional, and national health security.

Secretariat – The Local Production and Assistance (LPA) Unit at the WLPF.

Local Production & Assistance (LPA) Unit supports Member States in strengthening sustainable local production by forging political commitment through strategies, policies and partnerships.

Objectives of 2nd WLPF

- To discuss key challenges in promoting local production and technology transfer.
- To explore opportunities and mechanisms to tackle the bottlenecks.

Technology transfer is a logical procedure that controls the transfer of products, processes and knowledge together with its documentation and professional expertise, allowing the diffusion of innovation to new horizons/markets.

Significance for India – To boost India’s resilience in global supply chains of pharmaceuticals and to showcase important contributions of India’s Pharma industr

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