MMV, along with six other non-state actors, are delivering a statement at the Assembly on the importance of including women in clinical trials. MMV's Chief Officer for Corporate Strategy & Affairs Andrea Lucard will also be speaking at a Devex side-event on "Meeting the health needs of women and girls at every phase of life."

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