Download or read book World Local Production Forum: enhancing access to medicines and other health technologies, report of the first WLPF, 21-25 June 2021 written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Local Production Forum: Enhancing access to medicines and other health technologies (WLPF) brings the global community – foremost government leaders, industry associations, technology experts and innovators, civil society, the international community, and other stakeholders – together under the auspices of WHO to shape the development of local production and highlight the challenges and opportunities for the sector for public health impact. This report summarizes the first World Local Production Forum which was held virtually from 21-25 June 2021. The Forum brought together over 70 speakers and panellists and was attended by delegates from over 100 countries, industry associations, finance providers, civil society groups, UN agencies and international partners. Topics that are key in promoting sustainable local production in the current COVID-19 situation and beyond were explored and discussed more deeply in the Forum: partnerships and cooperation business ecosystem, regulatory systems, licensing and technology transfer, financing, vaccines, and innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) and the digital revolution.