Global Health
// January 03, 2022
Four global health resolutions for 2022
We have an incredible opportunity to leverage the lessons of the last year to make an even greater impact in 2022. At USP, we are resolving to accelerate our global health efforts in four central areas.
// May 05, 2021
Manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
While the global vaccination effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 continues to ramp up worldwide, access to COVID-19 vaccines, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, remains staggeringly low. In fact, low- and middle-income countries received less than one percent of available doses.
// March 05, 2020
Celebrating women’s contributions to global health
When the UN General Assembly declared March 8 a day to support women's rights and participation in the global arena, it recognized the critical role of women and girls in achieving global development goals.
// January 23, 2020
Q&A: Impact of Quality Medicines on AMR
Q&A with Georgetown University researchers Matthew Hassett, Ph.D. and Professor Paul Roepe, Ph.D.
// January 04, 2019
Medicine Quality Must Be Assured, Not Assumed
When a problem puts millions of lives at risk, costs economies billions of dollars and undermines decades of hard-earned health progress, it deserves prompt and strategic attention. I’m describing the consequences of poor-quality medicines – a worldwide problem that deserves worldwide attention.
// January 23, 2018
Opioid Crisis: USP’s Comments to the FDA
As government agencies consider solutions to the growing opioid crisis, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sought public comment about ways to best address this national emergency.
// January 03, 2018
Protecting Medicines Quality in Africa: USP presents at 3rd Biennial Scientific Confe...
Countries throughout Africa are working to harmonize standards to make processes more efficient and help bring needed pharmaceuticals to market, while protecting medicines quality. Learn more
// November 22, 2017
Compendium, compendia, compendial: Clearing up the mystery of these terms...
In conversations about the role of quality standards in public health, you might come across the words “compendia” and “compendial.” At USP, terms like “compendial approaches,” “compendial standards,” and “compendial tools” are part of our everyday vocabulary.
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