From white papers and blogs to feature stories and reports, our global health library features a variety of resources and publications to help improve quality assurance across the medicine supply chain.
Featured publications
Report: Manufacturing HIV/AIDS commodities in Africa
Expanding regional manufacturing of rapid HIV tests and AIDS medicines will bolster public health across the continent.
Blog: Producing maternal health supplies in sub-Saharan Africa
Manufacturing landscape study reveals need for more African-based producers to expand, strengthen, and diversify regional manufacturing.
Report: 2023 global health impact
In 2023, we improved the availability and affordability of quality-assured medical products for millions of people worldwide.
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Brochure
- Expanding access to quality medical products – August 2023 (PDF)
Blogs
- Reflecting on results from four years fighting TB in the Kyrgyz Republic – July 2024
- Advancing regional manufacturing in Africa: Four key takeaways from the 77th World Health Assembly – June 2024
- Procuring HIV/AIDS medicines from African producers – April 2024
- Producing maternal health supplies in sub-Saharan Africa – March 2024
- Drivers of global health impact in 2024 – December 2023
- Beyond TB medicines: How quality assurance is elevating health systems in Central Asia – October 2023
- Africa’s growing vaccine capacity – Feb 2023
- Tackling medicine supply shortages starting with their ingredients – Oct 2022
- Fighting maternal mortality: How standards keep new moms safe – May 2022
- Bolstering capabilities to support the supply of quality medicines – March 2022
- Four global health resolutions for 2022 – Jan 2022
- Archived blogs
Feature stories
- Ensuring quality medicines for patients in Southeast Asia – August 2023
- Tackling drug resistant TB - March 2023
- Building a resilient medicine supply chain to combat tuberculosis – March 2022
Press releases
- PQM+ celebrates WHO Prequalification of malaria and NTD medicines - August 2024
- USP signs MOU with Nigeria's Presidential Initiative for Unlocking the Healthcare Value Chain – August 2024
- African institutions and USP announce free access to resources to support production of quality medical products in Africa – June 2024
- USAID launches $5 million project to spur regional production of active pharmaceutical ingredients in Central Asia – May 2024
- Bangladesh manufacturer receives WHO prequalification of azithromycin to treat trachoma – April 2024
- USAID announces technology transfer of novel process to produce API for key TB medicine, lowering cost and increasing availability – March 2024
- USP welcomes executive delegation from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority – August 2023
- Donated laboratory equipment to help Ghana protect patients from poor-quality medicines – July 2023
- USP and Africa CDC launch MOU to advance regional manufacturing and strengthen regulatory and laboratory systems in Africa - June 2023
- Nigeria pharmaceutical company first to receive WHO prequalification in West Africa - June 2023
- U.S. Pharmacopeia expands efforts to promote medicine quality in Asia Pacific – Sept 2022
- USAID provides $7.1 million to USP to build trust in the supply of vaccines through the Promoting the Quality of Medicines Plus (PQM+) Program – Aug 2022
- SAHPRA and USP Announce MOU to Advance Regulatory Oversight for Medical Products in South Africa – Jan 2022
- USP and DFAT Partner to Strengthen Laboratories and Improve Medicines Quality in Cambodia and Laos – Sept 2020
- New Collaboration Aims to Reduce Infant Mortality in Developing Countries by Making Life-Saving Antiseptic More Widely Available – Sept 2018
- Ronald T. Piervincenzi Statement of Support for WHO Reports on Impact of Poor-Quality Medicines – 2017
Technology reviews
- Paper Analytical Device – Oct 2020 (PDF)
- Target-ID review – May 2020 (PDF)
- Speedy Breedy review – 2017 (PDF)
- CBEx Handheld Raman Spectrometer – 2017 (PDF)
- ASD QualitySpec® (Trek) – May 2019 (PDF)
- Global Pharma Health Fund( GPHF)-Minilab™ – Aug 2020 (PDF)
White papers and reports
- Manufacturing landscape of HIV/AIDS commodoties in Africa – April 2024
- Manufacturing landscape assessment for maternal health supplies in sub-Saharan Africa – March 2024
- 2023 Global Health Impact Report - Nov 2023
- Expanding capacity to produce vaccines in Africa: Enablers and barriers – Feb 2023
- Resources for risk-based post-marketing surveillance (EN, ES) – Oct 2021 (PDF)
- Last-mile manufacturing of vaccines: Recommendations for scaling-up production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa – April 2021
- Confronting substandard and falsified COVID-19 vaccines: Strategies and tools for use in global settings – Aug 2021
- Pandemic Preparedness for Regulators in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (EN, ES) – 2021 (PDF)
- Accelerating the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines: A how-to guide for national regulatory authorities in low- and middle-income countries – Dec 2020
- The next frontier for the public health medicines market – Aug 2019 (PDF)
Other resources