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How ready is the system to deliver primary healthcare? Results of a primary health facility assessment in Enugu State, Nigeria

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Adanma Ekenna and others
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 35, Issue Supplement_1, November 2020, Pages i97–i106, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa108
Published: 09 November 2020
... healthcare health facilities assessment essential drugs drug provision health system reform health systems KEY MESSAGES Availability of recommended areas of service at primary health centres of Enugu State was variable; however, significant gaps existed in readiness to provide the care. Gaps...
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Legislating for universal access to medicines: a rights-based cross-national comparison of UHC laws in 16 countries

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S Katrina Perehudoff and others
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 34, Issue Supplement_3, December 2019, Pages iii48–iii57, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czy101
Published: 09 December 2019
... the essential drugs concept, procedures to define and update the national list(s) of essential drugs, explicit, evidence-based criteria that includes cost effectiveness and selection mechanisms ( Hodgkin et al., 2001 ; WHO, 2004 ) Duty to adopt appropriate legislative, administrative, budgetary...
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How does performance-based financing affect the availability of essential medicines in Cameroon? A qualitative study

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Isidore Sieleunou and others
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 34, Issue Supplement_3, December 2019, Pages iii4–iii19, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz084
Published: 09 December 2019
... autonomy and the liberalization of drugs supply systems, need to be supported by equity interventions, reinforced regulation and measures to ensure the quality of drugs at all levels. Performance-based financing essential medicines essential drugs Cameroon Key Messages Performance-based financing...
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Do national drug policies influence antiretroviral drug prices? Evidence from the Southern African Development community

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Yao Liu and Omar Galárraga
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2017, Pages 170–177, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czw107
Published: 01 September 2016
... on the importance of generic drugs in controlling ARV prices. Further research is needed to understand the impact of national drug policies on ARV prices. Drug policy developing countries economic evaluation effectiveness essential drugs evidence-based policy health systems research HIV multivariate...
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Evaluation of SMS reminder messages for altering treatment adherence and health seeking perceptions among malaria care-seekers in Nigeria

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Jenny X. Liu and Sepideh Modrek
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 31, Issue 10, December 2016, Pages 1374–1383, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czw076
Published: 16 June 2016
... and be attuned to message length and content before initiating a larger messaging campaign. Adherence child health diagnosis drug sellers essential drugs evidence-based policy malaria rational drug use Key Messages A short message service (SMS) reminder message intervention was successfully...
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Reforming antiretroviral price negotiations and public procurement: the Mexican experience

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Adebiyi Adesina and others
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 28, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 1–10, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czs015
Published: 28 February 2012
.... *Corresponding author. Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health, Av. Universidad 655, Cuernavaca, C.P. 62100, Mexico. E-mail: [email protected] Policy implementation pharmaceutical policy pharmaceutical price HIV essential drugs KEY MESSAGES Since antiretroviral...
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Improving access to pharmaceuticals in Brazil and Argentina

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Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 21, Issue 2, March 2006, Pages 123–131, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czj011
Published: 11 January 2006
... and reliance on multi-source drugs. pharmaceutical interventions AIDS/HIV essential drugs Brazil Argentina Remediar In Latin America, pharmaceutical prices and total drug expenditures continue to rise while the number of pharmaceutical units sold decreases. This trend indicates that increasing numbers...
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Quality medicines for the poor: experience of the Delhi programme on rational use of drugs

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R Roy Chaudhury and others
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 20, Issue 2, March 2005, Pages 124–136, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czi015
Published: 01 March 2005
...R Roy Chaudhury; R Parameswar; U Gupta; S Sharma; U Tekur; JS Bapna 1Co-ordinator, India-WHO Essential Drugs Programme, Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs, 2Vice-President, Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs, 3Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Maulana Azad...
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Opposing the motion Get access

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Hans V. Hogerzeil
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 1, January-February 2003, Pages 14–15, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90005-8
Published: 01 January 2003
...Hans V. Hogerzeil TRANSACTIONSOF THE ROYALSOCIETY OF TROPICALMEDICINE AND HYGIENE (2003) 97, 14-15 Debate that "This house believes the essential drug concept hinders deployment of drugs in developing countries" Opposing the motion Hans V. Hogerzeil Department of Essential Drugs...
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Introduction Get access

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Alasdair Breckenridge
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 1, January-February 2003, Page 1, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90000-9
Published: 01 January 2003
...Alasdair Breckenridge TRANSACTIONSOF THE ROYALSOCIETY OF TROPICALMEDICINE AND HYGIENE (2003) 97, 1 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, 16 March 2001 Debate that "This house believes the essential drug concept hinders...
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Translating the essential drugs concept into the context of the year 2000 Get access

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P. Chirac
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 1, January-February 2003, Pages 10–12, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90003-4
Published: 01 January 2003
...P. Chirac TRANSACTIONSOF THE ROYALSOCIETY OF TROPICALMEDICINE AND HYGIENE (2003) 97, 10 12 Debate that "This house believes the essential drug concept hinders the effective deployment of drugs in developing countries" Translating the essential drugs...
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Patents and access to essential drugs Get access

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Bebe Loff
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 1, January-February 2003, Pages 6–9, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90002-2
Published: 01 January 2003
...Bebe Loff TRANSACTIONSOF THE ROYALSOCIETY OF TROPICALMEDICINE AND HYGIENE (2003) 97, 6 9 Debate that "This house believes the essential drug concept hinders the effective deployment of drugs in developing countries...
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The essential drugs concept is needed now more than ever Get access

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Mohga Kamal Smith and Sophia Tickell
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 1, January-February 2003, Pages 2–5, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90001-0
Published: 01 January 2003
...Mohga Kamal Smith; Sophia Tickell 2003 TRANSACTIONSOF THE ROYALSOCIETY OF TROPICALMEDICINE AND HYGIENE (2003) 97, 2-5 Debate that "This house believes the essential drug concept hinders the effective deployment of drugs in developing...
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Proposing the motion Get access

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John Horton
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 97, Issue 1, January-February 2003, Pages 12–13, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90004-6
Published: 01 January 2003
...John Horton Debate that “This house believes the essential drug concept hinders the effective deployment of drugs in developing countries” ∗ Address for correspondence: Dr John Horton, Tropical Projects, 24 The Paddock, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 9EF, UK [email protected] 2003 chemotherapy drugs...
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Carrots and Sticks Get access

Heidi Morefield
in Chicago Scholarship Online > Developing to Scale: Technology and the Making of Global Health
Published: 24 October 2023
..., and tested US policy towards World Health Organization initiatives, including primary health care and essential drugs. Carter Jimmy development foreign aid international development medicine modernization oil shocks 1973 technology United Nations United States Agency for International Development...
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Appropriate Technology, Inappropriate Marketing Get access

Nitsan Chorev
in Cornell Scholarship Online > The World Health Organization between North and South
Published: 02 April 2012
...) and that were vigorously opposed by pharmaceutical companies: a model list of essential drugs, intended to help developing countries to purchase drugs rationally; programs supporting the local manufacturing of drugs; and international codes of conduct for regulating the marketing practices of the infant formula...
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Evolution in Drug Access Get access

Joia S. Mukherjee
in An Introduction to Global Health Delivery
Published: 21 December 2017
... of essential drugs will be explored by reviewing the history the WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) and the fight to expand the list to include new, and often patented medicines. The international treaties and policies that impact drug availability will be highlighted as will novel systems for drug development...
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The Evolution of Drug Access Get access

Joia S. Mukherjee
in An Introduction to Global Health Delivery: Practice, Equity, Human Rights (2nd edn)
Published: 21 October 2021
... and the challenges that inhibit access to lifesaving drugs. This chapter covers the evolving concept of essential drugs, the limitations of market systems in ensuring drug access for the poor, and efforts to increase access to lifesaving drugs that keep pace with the advancements of medical science. Finally...