A Practical Approach to Pharmaceutical Policy (Directions in Development) Pdf

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Release: 2010-06-15
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0821383868
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A Practical Approach to Pharmaceutical Policy (Directions in Development) pdf
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• ISBN13: 9780821383865
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Pharmaceuticals are an essential component of health care. But for many people in low- and middle-income countries, access to the medicines they need to prevent or treat severe illnesses is limited. Typical problems are lack of availability, costs that exceed the individual’s purchasing power or lack of competent “agents” – health workers that are well trained to give the correct advice on which medicines to take. Pharmaceutical policy is the part of health policy that aims at addressing these problems and increasing access to safe, effective and affordable medicines for all patients. There are many obstacles against achieving these goals. Such obstacles can arise from financial interests on the side of suppliers and health care providers, who may benefit from charging higher prices and issuing more prescriptions than might be justified from a clinical and economic viewpoint. Or from rogue suppliers trying to introduce low quality or counterfeit drugs into markets with less eff Download A Practical Approach to Pharmaceutical Policy (Directions in Development) for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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