Lantenois, Christopher <br/><br/>
The WHO Prequalification. Origins, implementation, and impacts on the availability of ARVs in the global South 

 -  2014.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> This paper has a dual purpose. First, we propose an analysis of the origins and conditions of the implementation of the WHO Prequalification of Medicines Program. Secondly, we offer a first set of elements from which to assess its impact on the supply and the availability of antiretroviral drugs in developing countries, using data from the Global Price Reporting Mechanism. In the first part, we present the origins of the program, its basic constituents, its scope, and the initial difficulties encountered in its implementation. Then we present the list of WHO prequalified medicines and some preliminary lessons to be drawn from its analysis. In the third part, we propose an assessment of its implementation ten years after its implementation, and its impact on the nature of antiretroviral drugs transactions.