A stepwise approach to identify gaps in medical devices (availability matrix and survey methodology): background paper 1, August 2010
Background Paper 1 August 2010
1 January 2010
| Technical document
Overview
The Priority Medical Devices (PMD) project aims at identifying the need for medical devices in 15 high-burden diseases, diseases which account for almost two thirds of the global burden of disease. The first part of this document outlines the methodology used to identify gaps between the need for and the availability of medical devices. The second part reveals the results of two surveys conducted both at country and specialist level.
WHO Team
Access to Assistive Technology and Medical Devices (ATM),
Access to Medicines and Health Products (MHP),
Health Product Policy and Standards (HPS),
Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD)
Number of pages
45
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WH0/HSS/EHT/DIM/10.1
Copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO