It suggests criteria and methods which drug regulatory agencies can employ in determining the suitability of medicinal products for use in self-medication, and provides guidance on documentation for n...
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It provides step by step guidance to the process of rational prescribing, together with many illustrative examples.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) may have serious implications for the production of and access to drugs, especially in dev...
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It describes the technical procedure for store sizing and sets it within the broader context of drug purchasing, inventory control, and stock administration. Recording data, calculating volumes and en...
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It analyses the importance of NGOs in drug distribution and supply from port to district, and shows evidence to support the argument that a more proactive WHO policy on collaboration with NGOs working...
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It examines the issues surrounding collaboration and coordination in the development of national drug policies. Eleven country case studies are used to illustrate the development of national drug poli...
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Report of a qualitative and quantitative study which analysed Thai community health workers' role in drug distribution at village level. In particular, it looked at the extent to which they affected r...
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Very few studies have been carried out which try to compare national drug policies and to understand which policies have been successful, and why, in achieving the goals of availability, accessibility...
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It considers ways and means to expand the important role of traditional health practitioners in the delivery of health services in african communities by involving them more actively in measures to pr...
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It addresses the fundamental question of whether the present socioeconomic model of development adopted in many countries is compatible with basic public health principles, discusses whether the marke...
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