Assignment: • Research the access to essential health commodities. Medical innovations are failing many patients globally.

• Describe the issues, barriers, and challenges for the neglected populations.

• Discuss how access can be expanded for these populations, what policy changes are needed, and who needs to be participating in solving this problem.

Please use the following headings in your paper:

• Introduction

• Essential Health Commodities

• The Failure of Medical Innovations

• Issues, Barriers, and Challenges

• Recommended Policy Changes

• Conclusions

• References

Your paper should meet the following structural requirements:

• Be 3-4 pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.

• Be formatted according to APA writing guidelines.

• Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but four must be external. Not less than 5 years

• Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.