WHO AFRO Regional Assesment Tools

The WHO Regional Office for Africa is conducting a regional assessment on the availability and prices of essential medicines, diagnostics, and technologies for cardiometabolic conditions—specifically type 1 and 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular episodes, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease—in the WHO African Region. The objective is to identify barriers and inform targeted interventions to improve availability, affordability, and equitable access.

The assessment includes three key components:

• Pillar 1. Facility-level surveys using an app-based tool to collect data on price and availability in public and private health facilities.
• Pillar 2. Procurement analysis to gather contextual information on health systems and national procurement prices.
• Pillar 3. Price component tracking to examine the breakdown of medicine costs across the supply chain.

Together, these elements will provide a comprehensive understanding of both facility-level access and systemic bottlenecks affecting supply and policy.

LINK TO SURVEY (Currently available in English, Français en  Português )

Webinar PPT

• Webinar Presentation in English          
•  Présentation du webinaire en français
• Apresentação do webinar em português