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The 1990s in Latin America: another decade of persistent inequality, but with somewhat lower poverty

"...This paper processes 76 household surveys from 17 Latin American countries to document changes in poverty and inequality during the 1990s. We show that there is no country in Latin America where i...
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Resource added in: 10/01/2002
Available languages: English
Equity, Poverty, Social Conditions, House income, Equity, Living Conditions

Material living conditions and health in the United States, Canada and Western Europe: Review of recent literature and bibliography

Literature and bibliography in United States,Canada and Western Erurop about Living conditions and Health.
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Resource added in: 10/01/2002
Available languages: English
Social Conditions, Equity, Equity, Living Conditions

Pharmaceutical in the Americas

It provides an overview of the pharmaceutical situation in the Americas, with the focus on access to drugs, financing policies, and regulation and registration, and a brief analysis of the drug situat...
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Resource added in: 10/01/2002
Available languages: English
Pharmaceutical Preparations/economics, Drug Industry, Legislation, Drug, Americas

Patent situation of HIV / AIDS related drugs in 80 countries

The present document assesses the patent situation of HIV/AIDS related drugs in countries for which data are available. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required
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Resource added in: 10/01/2002
Available languages: English
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, Anti-HIV Agents, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Patent, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Injection use and practices in Uganda

This report covers the methodology of the study on injection practices in developing countries, the extent of injection use and the type and degree of improper practices in administering injections. D...
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Resource added in: 09/01/2002
Available languages: English
Injections, Research

Injection practices in the third world - a case study of Thailand

Report of a research study that examined the extent to which injections are sought by patients and administered by different types of health care providers in an urban and a rural setting in Thailand....
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Resource added in: 09/01/2002
Available languages: English
Injections, Research

MSH International Drug Price Indicator Guide

It provides a spectrum of prices from nonprofit drug suppliers, procurement agencies, and ministries of health, based on their current catalogs or price lists.
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Resource added in: 09/01/2002
Available languages: English
Pharmaceutical Preparations, Drug Price

International strategies for tropical disease treatments - experiences with Praziquantel

This report identifies national and international policies that have facilitated or hindered the availability of praziquantel, especially in the world’s poorest countries in Africa where schistosomia...
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Resource added in: 09/01/2002
Available languages: English
Praziquantel, Communicable Diseases/drug therapy, Schistosomiasis, Parasitic Diseases, Animal

La libéralisation du secteur pharmaceutique en Algérie: effets sur la disponibilité et les prix des médicaments essentiels

It focuses on the impact that liberalization of the pharmaceutical sector has had on the price and availability of essential drugs in Algeria, and on the organization of the sector - particularly on i...
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Resource added in: 09/01/2002
Available languages: French
Drug Industry/economics, Pharmaceutical Preparations/economics, Drug Price

La qualité des médicaments sur le marché pharmaceutique africain - etude analytique dans trois pays: Cameroun, Madagascar, Tchad

Report of a study conducted in French-speaking African countries to determine the extent to which drugs found on the African market were of appropriate quality. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader ...
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Resource added in: 09/01/2002
Available languages: French
Pharmaceutical Preparations, Qualidade dos medicamentos