Total of resources: 27312

Impact of a short course in pharmacotherapy for undergraduate medical students - an international multicentre study

The impact of a short interactive training course in pharmacotherapy, using the WHO manual Guide to Good Prescribing, was measured in a controlled study on medical students in seven countries. The rep...
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Resource added in: 08/01/2002
Available languages: English
Students, Medical, Drug Therapy, Estudo multicêntrico [tipo de publicação]

Hoja resúmen sobre desigualdades en salud. Argentina.

Esta Hoja-resumen es producida por el Programa de Políticas Públicas y Salud de la División de Salud y Desarrollo Humano (OPS/OMS), utilizando datos de encuestas de hogar en Argentina. Una de las ...
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Resource added in: 08/01/2002
Available languages: Spanish
Health Status Disparities, Health Status, Encuenta de Hogares, Utilización Servicios, Equidad en condiciones de vida

Guidelines for evaluating an essential drugs programme

It examines procedures for evaluation of an essential drugs programme, presents a number of questions which are useful in measuring programme effectiveness and efficiency, and guidance for conducting ...
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Resource added in: 07/01/2002
Available languages: English
Drugs, Essential

Guidelines for the regulatory assessment of medicinal products for use in self-medication

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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Resource added in: 07/01/2002
Available languages: English
Pharmaceutical Preparations, Self Medication, Legislation, Drug

Guide to good prescribing: a practical manual

It provides step by step guidance to the process of rational prescribing, together with many illustrative examples.
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Resource added in: 07/01/2002
Available languages: English, French
Drug Prescriptions

Health economics: the Uruguay Round and drugs

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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Resource added in: 07/01/2002
Available languages: English
Pharmaceutical Preparations/economics, Intellectual Property

How to estimate warehouse space for drugs

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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Resource added in: 07/01/2002
Available languages: English
Drug Storage/methods

Collaboration between NGOs, ministries of health and WHO in drug distribution and supply

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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Resource added in: 04/01/2002
Available languages: English
Evidence-Based Medicine, Pharmaceutical Preparations/supply & distribution, 23932

Collaboration and coordination in national drug policy development

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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Resource added in: 04/01/2002
Available languages: English
Pharmaceutical Preparations, Policy Making

Community health workers and drugs - a case study of Thailand.

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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Resource added in: 04/01/2002
Available languages: English
Pharmaceutical Preparations/supply & distribution, Health Personnel