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Background: The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) is a charity representing pharmacists across the Commonwealth, with …
Background: The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration released …
Background: South Africa faces a heavy burden of disease, which impacts resource allocation. The needs …
Background: Inappropriate use of antimicrobials in both humans and animals is a key driver of …
Background: Deciding on pharmaceutical subsidy is regarded as a challenging issue for healthcare policymakers in …
Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the common defciencies observed in the …
Background: Variations in practice are commonplace in healthcare where health professionals, such as pharmacists act …
Background: Substandard and Falsifed (SF) medical products are a growing global concern. They harm the …
ing local health during this emergency. Aim: To assess the knowledge and to identify information …
Background: The standard treatment guidelines (STGs) and essential medicines list (EML) were a policy option …
Background: Clinical pharmacists have an important role in inter-professional healthcare collaboration for epilepsy management. However, …
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately afected all essential healthcare services delivery in low-resource settings. …
Background: Oncology drugs are frequently approved on the basis of surrogate outcomes that require further …
Background: We considered the extent of the contribution of publicly funded research to the late-stage …
Cancer patients are a complex and vulnerable population whose medication history is often extensive. Medication …
Background: Easy access to medicines provided by private medicine retailing facilities including that of over-thecounter …
Challenges exist in developing work schedules for hospital pharmacy staf due to the need to …
Background: Polypharmacy is the administration of an excessive number of medicines and a signifcant irrational …
Background: Delays in producing discharge prescriptions have hindered the provision of bedside dispensing services (BEDISC) …
Background: Dispensing of antibiotics by over the counter medicine sellers (OTCMS) is a major driver …
Background: Measuring access to medicines has often been limited to assessing availability and afordability, while …
Background: Each year, the French independent bulletin Prescrire publishes a list of medicines, “Drugs to …
In the Results section of the Abstract, “disease severity (β=−0.143; SE=0.043)” should actually read “cost …
Background: Community pharmacists are among the most accessible healthcare professionals and are likely to experience …
Background: Self-medication of medicines is a global issue particularly among those with good access and …
Background: Lebanon, a developing Middle Eastern country, was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic that occurred …
Background: The proportion of days covered (PDC) is used to estimate medication adherence by looking …
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic posed a critical threat to public health in the past …
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive disruptions in global supply chains. Nigeria is particularly …
Background: Vaccines have become the best weapon for epidemic prevention and control in the absence …
ackground: During the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, antibiotic usage among COVID-19 patients was …
Background: Globally, an estimated 8.1 million children under 5 years die annually in developing countries. …
The lack of access to safe medicines and quality healthcare services in peri-urban and rural …
Africa as a continent has experienced a continuous increase in the cost of healthcare as …
Alleviating acute and chronic pain is a moral imperative for health professionals and health systems, …
Medication adherence is an important concept particularly among the elderly that can, directly and indirectly, …
Since the 1990s, the concept of big data has emerged as more relevant, diverse and …
Background: Community pharmacists (CPs) are increasingly facing occupational challenges as a result of the COVID19 …
While having access to safe and efcient vaccines is essential for eradicating the COVID-19 pandemic, …
Background: Access to maternal healthcare services is an essential pre-requisite for improving women’s health. However, …
Background: Immunization supply chains (iSCs) move vaccines from manufacturer to point of use with the …
Background: These days, pharmaceutical customers are the utmost stakeholders in the healthcare supply chain, and …
Background: Regular evaluation of antimicrobials prescriptions is important for optimal use. Objective: This study determined …
Background: During disasters or crises, the traditional models of supply chain encounter failure and skewedness …
Background: Since the WHO announced that Covid-19 had become a global pandemic, online pharmacies have …
Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of Vancomycin (VCM) is required to prevent inappropriate dosageassociated bacterial …
Over the last year, the dangerous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread …
ackground: Anticoagulants are the cornerstone therapy for the management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and atrial …
Background: Job satisfaction of pharmacy professionals is appreciably related to quality of pharmaceutical care. Poor …
Background: Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are typically safe. However, there is evidence that OTC medicines can …
Background: With the approval of biosimilars for subcutaneously administered products, such as adalimumab, etanercept and …
Insufcient access to quality, safe, efcacious and afordable medical products in Africa has posed a …
Background: There are limited studies on the role of efcient regulatory mechanisms in facilitating greater …
Background: Drug use evaluation is a structured, methodological, and criteria-based drug assessment system that helps …
Background: Utilizing community pharmacists (CPs) as immunizers has being adopted in various countries as approach …
This commentary shares the experience of a hospital pharmacy department in providing healthcare services during …
Background: The argument about funding criteria poses challenges for health decision-makers in all countries. This …
Background: Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are recognised as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. …
The 4th PPRI Conference, held in Vienna in October 2019, addressed issues related to equitable …
Discussion of the necessity of the compulsory vaccination of UK patient-facing care workers as an …
Background: Inventory management is the heart of the supply system in improving availability of medicines, …
The expansion of the pharmacist-led services has resulted in increased demand to have evidence in …
Drug repositioning is the scientific strategy of investigating existing drugs for additional clinical indications. The …
between tozinameran and intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) based on what they claimed as incompatibility with national …
Background: Given the impact of politico-economic sanctions on the pharmaceutical supply chain, this study aims …
In Nigeria, there is a prevalence of aversive life circumstances that frequently assail the mental …
Background: One in four people experience a mental health problem every year and improving mental …
Background: Antimicrobial agents are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in pregnancy due to the …
: Access to essential medicines is a universal human right and availability and afordability are …
Originally published: “Online medication purchasing during the Covid-19 pandemic: potential risks to patient safety and …
Aims: The primary aim of the programme was a minimum of a 5% weight reduction …
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has further strengthened the need for pharmacists to uptake non-traditional roles. …
Background: Patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are at high risk of experiencing drug–drug interactions (DDIs). …
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an emerging contributor to national morbidity and mortality in Saudi …
BackgroundSpontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is a method of monitoring the safety of …
Abstract Background: People living with diabetes are more vulnerable to drug-related problems due to the …
Background: Globally, self-medication is a common practice, and an increasingly perceived necessity to relieve bur‑ …
Background: A multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach has been suggested for helping purchasers in lowand …
Background: Proper hand hygiene using alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) is an efective preventive approach for the …
Background: To strengthen medicines management capacity, including supply chain management, at pub‑ lic sector health …
• Drug repurposing is fnding novel uses for existing drugs. • Indication-specifc market exclusivities have …
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is going through an epidemiological transition, including an impressive increase in non-communicable …
Background: Adequate quality systems throughout pharmaceutical supply chains are crucial to protect individuals and communities …
Since SARS-CoV2 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, those tasked with the stewardship …
Reports of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) following the administration of coronavirus …
Background: This research aimed to evaluate analgesic utilization in public hospitals from 2013 to 2018 …
Background: Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) represent an important cornerstone for innovation in healthcare. However, …
The pharmaceutical technology unit of the Geneva University Hospitals played a signifcant role in the …
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) impact on the mental health of healthcare workers is extremely …
Universal health coverage (UHC) is meant to access the key health services including disease prevention, …
The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic is putting a huge strain on healthcare systems and …
Objectives: Clostridium difcile infection (CDI) is responsible for 15–25% cases of health-care-associated diarrhea. The CDI …
Hyperglycemia is an undisputed epidemiological risk factor for microvascular complications in both type 1 and …
Background: Drug-related problems (DRPs) can occur at any stages of medication use processes, and a …
Background: European countries face fscal pressure regarding the long-term sustainability of their healthcare system due …
BackgroundMost pharmacists agree that continuing education (CE) programs positively affect their practice and increase their …
Background: Self-care is one of the growing tasks of community pharmacy professionals. They are highly …
Background: The implementation of pharmaceutical services in hospitals contributes to the appropriate use of medicines …
Background: Minor ailments are defned as common, self-limiting, or uncomplicated conditions that may be diag‑ …
Medicines are important health interventions and their appropriate use could improve health outcomes. Throughout the …
Monitoring adverse drug reactions is a vital issue to ensure drug safety and to protect …
lots and thrombocytopenia following administration of CoViD-19 vaccines that have raised concerns over the safety …
Background: Increasingly, there has been recognition that siloed approaches focusing mainly on human health are …
COVID-19 is a threat to health systems around the world and Rwanda is not an …
BackgroundMaintaining an efficient and effective inventory management system ensures a reliable supply of laboratory commodities. …
Background: The sustainable development goals were launched by the United Nations in 2015. Its ffth …
Well-functioning national regulatory authorities (NRAs) ensure access to safe, efective, quality-assured, and afordable medical products. …
Background: The incidence of preventable adverse drug events (ADE) is approximately one medication error per …
IntroductionAcute bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization in the pediatric population. The inappropriate prescription …
BackgroundIranian government has introduced multiple healthcare system reforms during the last 30 years aiming at …
BackgroundDrug repurposing (i.e., finding novel uses for existing drugs) is essential for maximizing medicines’ therapeutic …
BackgroundFollowing the democratic elections in 1994 the South African private pharmaceutical services were mostly in …
BackgroundPotentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is associated with the incidence of adverse drug reactions, drug-related hospitalization …
Amid COVID-19 Crisis, reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medical device incidents (MDIs) to Health Canada or …
BackgroundUniversal Health Coverage (UHC) is challenged by the prevalence of poor-quality medicines, those that either …
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that has become a global pandemic. COVID-19 …
BackgroundUniversal access to high quality essential medicines is critical to sustainable development (SDG 3.8). However …
BackgroundThere is limited published data form Pakistan on treatment success rate among extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) …
BackgroundExperiential education is a core element in developing the ability of pharmacy students to apply …
BackgroundAccess to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines for all is a central component …
The latest outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic has placed a significant effect on health care system …
Medicines have a major impact on governments, health care providers and household spending. Data from …
There is plenty of evidence to support that women leaders are needed in the health …
BackgroundPoor job satisfaction has been associated with less productivity and high staff turnover. Various factors …
BackgroundPharmacies in Europe have undergone considerable changes in their regulation over the last decades, also …
The response to emergency public health challenges such as HIV, TB, and malaria has been …
BackgroundIn Malaysia, for more than a decade, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i) are among the oral …
BackgroundCoronavirus is causing a shortage of critical inhalers needed by patients with Asthma and respiratory …
BackgroundData regarding prolonged length of hospital stay (PLOS) and in-hospital mortality are paramount to evaluate …
BackgroundSubstandard and falsified medicines, mainly prevalent in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), cause avoidable morbidity …
BackgroundThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global challenge. Improving public awareness about …
BackgroundPharmaceutical companies actively advertise their branded antibiotics, which influence their sales at community pharmacies. The …
IntroductionResistant strains of bacteria are rapidly emerging with increasing inappropriate use of antibiotics rendering them …
In the wake of atrocious rise in COVID-19 cases, developed countries are leveraging a range …
In the fight against COVID-19, frontline health workers have been vital to keeping the pandemic …
BackgroundThe use of quality injectable oxytocin effectively prevents and treats postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause …
IntroductionThe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has placed enormous pressures on the Canadian healthcare system. Patients …
This commentary aims to elaborate challenges in the regulatory approaches for accessing and investigating COVID-19 …
Correction to: J Pharm Policy Pract (2019) 12:33 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-019-0195-9 Following publication of the original article …
Correction to: J Pharm Policy Pract (2020) 13:18 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-020-00219-1 Following publication of the original article …
The world currently faces unprecedented health challenges as COVID-19 poses a huge threat to health …
BackgroundAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an imminent threat to modern medicine. As the efficacy of treatment …
BackgroundAntibiotic resistance poses a great threat to global health, especially in low- and middle-income countries …
ObjectiveTo assess the variation in price among different brands of anticancer medicines available in hospital …
BackgroundAmiodarone is known for its efficacy as an antiarrhythmic agent; however, its extensive side-effect profile …
BackgroundGlycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is accepted as the most reliable marker for assessing chronic glycemia. The …
IntroductionConsidering limited global access to affordable insulin, we evaluated insulin access in public and private …
The transition towards universal health coverage (UHC) in several low and middle-income countries (LMICs) has …
IntroductionUnderstanding why adults resort to herbal medicine can help in planning interventions aimed at increasing …
BackgroundMedicines wastage is one of the challenges of health supply chain management in developing countries …
IntroductionEmpathy is the cornerstone of the relationship between the healthcare provider and the patient. In …
HIV in Pakistan is concentrated to people who inject drugs (PWID) and easy accessibility of …
BackgroundIn 2015, the drive-through pharmacy was first introduced in Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Malaysia as …
Essential medicines and health supplies (EMHS) are fundamental to providing quality health care that is …
BackgroundHigh prices of pharmaceutical products are an increasing challenge in high- and low-income countries. Governments …
BackgroundMedicine waste in hospitals leads to severe economic loss. This waste emerges for a number …
BackgroundThe affordability of essential medicines is a challenge in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). One …
BackgroundInfertility is a major challenge for couples globally. Due to low income levels and the …
In recent years, there has been increasing pressure on public health systems in high-income countries …
BackgroundQuality issues in pharmaceuticals are identified as a huge global and public health problem, especially …
BackgroundThe Kuwaiti drug regulatory authority (DRA) lack a structured classification system for the assessment of …
SARS-CoV2 is dramatically impacting the global population. Worldwide, pharmacists are changing their roles and being …
As the lockdowns are being observed all over the globe and the national level pharmacy …
BackgroundThere has been increased demand for greater public accountability and transparency of private sector-led global …
Few low and middle-income countries (LMIC) have fully operational pharmacovigilance structures, systems and legal framework …
BackgroundClozapine is the most effective antipsychotic for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, although serious adverse effects such as …
IntroductionPharmaceutical pricing has only recently gained space in mainstream health science literature.ObjectivesBibliometric and content description …
BackgroundIn Kuwait, the government is planning to improve the specifications for purchase of medicine and …
BackgroundTwo billion people worldwide, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries, cannot consistently access required essential …
The current situation in India shows that there is excess use and availability of Watch …
ObjectiveTo examine the patterns in utilization of community pharmacies and perceptions of the general public …
ObjectivesTo describe changes in the private market for selected originators, branded generics (‘similares’), and generic …
Countries all around the globe are working to establish robust pharmacovigilance systems. Whereas the majority …
BackgroundExpired or unused medicines are potentially toxic substances that should be managed effectively to avoid …
BackgroundRational prescribing remains an important component of rational drug use. The World Health Organization (WHO) …
Methemoglobinemia (MetHb) being a rare cause of cyanosis is generally not considered in its differential …
Questionnaires capture patient perspectives succinctly and at relatively low cost, making them a popular data …
IntroductionUrinary tract infections (UTI) are commonly encountered in the emergency department (ED). ED culture follow …
The National Drug Authority (NDA) inspects and certifies private and public sector pharmacies in Uganda …
BackgroundThe availability of medicines in public health facilities in Tanzania is problematic. Medicines shortages are …
ObjectiveTo identify and analyze the criteria, approaches, and conceptual frameworks, used for national/international priority setting.Data …
BackgroundIn Ghana, there is extensive over-the-counter dispensing of antibiotics, resulting in high levels of inappropriate …
BackgroundThe rational use of medicine improves patient’s quality of life. Excessive and inappropriate prescriptions result …
Improving access to medicines is a major healthcare challenge for low-income countries because the problem …
A bibliometric analysis provided by Hernandez-Vasquez et al. listed the institutions that have published most …
BackgroundUniversal Health Coverage (UHC) in Indonesia is planned to be fully implemented in 2019 through …
Background: To stimulate use of generic medicines a combination of supply and demand side mechanisms …
BackgroundIn Australia, community pharmacists are increasingly being integrated into the healthcare system. A range of …
A strong pharmaceutical sector is a precondition for effective and efficient health care and financing …
ObjectivesExisting literature does not provide enough information on evaluation of factors associated with pre-dialysis controlled …
BackgroundProton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are used worldwide for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) …
BackgroundAs part of the initiatives to increase price transparency for consumers, pharmaceutical industry in Malaysia …
Background: Antibiotic innovation has dwindled to dangerously low levels in the past 30 years. Since …
BackgroundSelf-medication is a common practice globally and the resulting irrational drug use is raising concerns. …
Background: In order to engage pharmacies in tuberculosis (TB) care, a survey was conducted in …
BackgroundCancer has become the third cause of death in Mexico. Treatment for cancer is often …
BackgroundPharmacy-based interventions are complex public health endeavors which include, but are not restricted to, the …
BackgroundCanadians have long been proud of their universal health insurance system, which publicly funds the …
High medicines prices increasingly pose challenges for universal access to treatments of communicable and noncommunicable …
BackgroundThe emergency response phase to HIV epidemic in Nigeria and other countries saw to the …
BackgroundThe United States-Peru Free Trade Agreement required changes in the Peruvian pharmaceutical legislation that resulted …
BackgroundIn late 2010, Uganda introduced a supervision, performance assessment, and recognition strategy (SPARS) to improve …
BackgroundPharmaceuticals are produced and consumed in increasing volume every year. Unfortunately, not all medications that …
Background: To build capacity in medicines management, the Uganda Ministry of Health introduced a nationwide …
BackgroundPharmacists are critical for attaining the goal of universal health coverage and equitable access to …
BackgroundIn the United States (U.S.), large price increases for selected generic drugs have elicited public …
Background: Few guidelines exist on safe prescription of postoperative analgesia to obese patients undergoing ambulatory …
Background: Australian Government subsidisation of ipilimumab for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma was …
Medication safety is a major public health concern and there are well established pharmacovigilance programmes …
Background: Uganda was one of seven countries in which the United Nations Commission on Life …
Background: The regulatory requirements for approval of generic medicines and the format of compiling drug …
Background: Despite making great progress in reducing under five mortality in the last three decades. …
The biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this year is based around four key …
Background: Competing claims are made about the amount of money that pharmaceutical companies spend on …
Almost half of the world’s total population reside in rural and remote areas and a …
Today, a combination of globalization of pharmaceutical production, lack of regulatory harmonization, and weakness of …
Background: Babies are increasingly being exposed to antibiotics intrapartum in the bid to reduce neonatal …
Background: Hospital pharmacists play a central role in medication safety activities. However, in Ethiopia, this …
Background: The National Return of Unwanted Medicines (NatRUM) program in Australia is one of the …
BackgroundObesity is now widely regarded as a main contributor to poor health. Involvement of community …
Background: Medicines use related challenges such as inadequate adherence, high levels of antimicrobial resistance and …
Background: To analyse trends in the rates of consumption of benzodiazepine (BZD) anxiolytics, BZD hypnotics …
Background: Evaluating outcomes after tuberculosis (TB) treatment can help identify the primary reasons for treatment …
BackgroundAsthma as a chronic health condition can be controlled when in addition to clinical care, …
Background: High drug spending is a concern for policy makers due to limits on access …
Background: Biosimilars could be a promising option to help decrease healthcare costs and expand access …
Background: In most developing countries including Ghana, there is scant literature on the involvement of …
Background: Different methods in pharmacoepidemiology can be used to study hypnotic use in children. But …
Background: The importance of creating and sustaining a strong culture of patient safety has been …
Background: Community pharmacists are very accessible to most patients yet; they have been underutilized in …
Introduction: The UK Pharmaceutical Industry is arguably one of the most important industries to consider …
Background: Prescribing errors at the time of hospital discharge are common and could potentially lead …
Background: Hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular disease in Zimbabwe. The prevalence of Hypertension in …
Background: The private retail drug shops market in Bangladesh is largely unregulated and unaccountable, giving …
Background: Supportive supervision has been found to be more effective than corrective fault-oriented inspections. Uganda’s …
In October 2015, the third international Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI) Conference was held …
BackgroundLack of regulatory capacity limits the conduct of ethical and rigorous trials of herbal medicines …
Ghana established its National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003 with the goal of ensuring …
Background: It is essential to allocate available resources equitably in order to ensure accessibility and …
ObjectivesTo determine the incidence of symptomatic moderate-to-severe adverse events during treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis, and …
Despite pharmaceutical sciences being a core component of pharmacy curricula, few published studies have focussed …
Background: Opioids are widely prescribed for chronic non cancer pain (CNCP). Controlled substance agreements (CSAs) …
The challenge of providing access to high-priced patented medicines is a global problem affecting all …
Background: Due to the lack of clear, comprehensive, and rational drug policy, the production of …
BackgroundThe Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm) Program was a subsidy aimed at artemisinin-based combination …
Background: Smoking is the number one cause of preventable morbidity and mortality globally and although …
Background: The inappropriate use of antimicrobials is a problem worldwide. To target future interventions, a …
Objectives: Do antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) contribute to reduction of antimicrobial therapy costs in Japanese …
Overall, the emergence of infections by antibiotic resistant Gram positive and Gram negative microbes is …
Background: Many middle-income countries are scaling up health insurance schemes to provide financial protection and …
BackgroundPrivate-sector retail drug outlets are often the first point of contact for common health ailments, …
Antibiotic resistance is a serious global public health problem directly correlated to high antibiotic consumption. …
Background: The purpose of this study is to explore medication-related perceptions of adult patients with …
Background: Barriers to expanding access to medicines include weak pharmaceutical sector governance, lack of transparency …
ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate Jordanian physicians’ perception and attitudes toward generic …
Background: Reports from drug utilization reviews are important tools employed in the assessment of healthcare …
When patients are told that standard medical treatment options have been exhausted, their treating physicians …
This article aims to highlight the positions of the Food and Drug Administration and the …
Background: The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) covers medicines for globally …
Background: Lack of access to insulin and poor health outcomes are issues for both low …
BackgroundTo assess the effect of policies supporting local medicine production to improve access to medicines.MethodsWe …
Background: Pharmacists in Japan currently play a key role in patient hospital care. Their responsibilities …
ObjectivesAdherence to treatment guidelines for uncomplicated malaria is critical to the success of malaria case …
Objective: This study aimed to explore patients’ utilization of repeat prescriptions for antibiotics indicated in …
ObjectivesMany low income countries struggle to provide safe and effective medicines due to poor public …
Background: Financial recession mandated the introduction of harsh austerity measures. Health, and particularly pharmaceuticals, constitute …
This scoping review investigates the relationship between governance, pharmacovigilance, and Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria …
Clinical trials showed a higher risk of skin- and liver- related adverse reactions when NVP-based …
Little is known about the perceived attitude, barriers and facilitators of Saudi Pharmacists about practice …
Clinical pharmacy service has evolved steadily over the past few decades and is contributing to …
Objectives: A public-private partnership in Tanzania launched the accredited drug dispensing outlet (ADDO) program to …
Death among tuberculosis patients is one of the major reasons for non-attainment of 85% treatment …
ObjectivesThe United States and China are broadening health insurance coverage and increasing spending on pharmaceuticals, …
Worldwide, a community pharmacy is generally the most common point at which the public accesses …
As medicines are becoming more targeted and complex in the U.S., ensuring patients’ safe use …
ObjectivesThe rapid increase in drug expenditure has become a major source of public criticism in …
The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases puts a high burden on the health care systems …
ObjectivesThe United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), …
ObjectivesTo analyze a sample of pharmaceutical waste drawn from household garbage in Vienna, with the …
Objectives: Since 2004, the government of Tanzania has been rolling out antiretroviral treatment programs all …
ObjectivesLimited human resources are widely recognised as an impediment to achieving the health-related Millennium Development …
Objectives: The aims of the study were to examine the association between immigrant background and …
Promoting generic medicines to increase access to essential medicines is relevant to achieve the Millennium …
ObjectiveRegulation of the pharmaceutical system is a crucial, yet often neglected, component in ensuring access …
The main aim of SMR was to promote pharmaceutical policy research from low and middle …
Background: The belief that all new medicines bring a therapeutic innovation and better health outcomes …
Objective: Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency associated with high mortality rates. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore Jordanian patients’ perceptions toward generic medicines …
Objective: The present survey was conducted to investigate the price and availability of a basket …
The determination of a new medicine’s therapeutic benefit and value currently lies in the realm …
The two main sources of information we used in our study to inform our assessment …
Objectives: Continuous provision of appropriate medicines of assured quality, in adequate quantities, and at reasonable …
Objectives: Antibacterial drugs (hereafter referred to as antibiotics) are crucial to treat infections during delivery …
Clinical trials present an ethical dilemma for pharmaceutical companies. While companies may want to undertake …
This paper reports the local-innovation perspective for the Indonesian mobile cellular market. Under the local …
