What does WHO do to help ensure the quality of ARV regimens in low- and middle- income countries?
A. WHO’s Pre-qualification Programme evaluates and inspects priority medicines and helps build and strengthen national capacity for manufacturing and monitoring quality medicines. In 2007 WHO pre-qualified 13 new antiretroviral formulations. WHO also conducts quality assurance surveys of antiretrovirals to ensure that patients in low- and middle-income countries receive quality medicines.
