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Good Health and Well-being - Goal 3

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Indicator 3.b.3: Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis

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Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis

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Indicator name Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis
Target name Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on TradeRelated Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all.
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