Formulary management activities and practice implications among public sector hospital pharmaceutical and therapeutics committees in a South African Province

M Matlala, AGS Gous, JC Meyer… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The World Health Organization identified Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics
Committees (PTCs) at district and hospital levels as one of the pivotal models to promote …

[HTML][HTML] Factors Affecting the Availability and Utilization of Essential Medicines in India: A Systematic Review

M Wadhwa, P Trivedi, D Raval, S Saha… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Essential medicines or drugs are recognized as highly cost-effective components within
contemporary healthcare, demonstrating significant potential for improving health outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Availability of key essential medicines in public health facilities of South Indian Union Territory: one of the crucial components of universal health coverage

DK Meena, M Jayanthi, K Ramasamy, T Mahalakshmy - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods A snapshot survey was conducted between March 2019 and February 2020 in 10
selected public health facilities to assess the availability of 50 key essential medicines …

The role of government agencies and other actors in influencing access to medicines in three East African countries

WD Odoch, Y Dambisya, E Peacocke… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (MLEM) has since 1977 helped
prioritize and ensure availability of medicines especially in low-and middle-income …

Coverage of policies to improve antimicrobial stewardship in human medicine in low and middle income countries: results from the Global Survey of Experts on …

K Zay Ya, MJ Lambiris, GA Levine, F Tediosi, G Fink - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) constitutes a major threat to global health. While
antimicrobial misuse or overuse is one of the main drivers for AMR, little is known about the …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes: Healthcare Providers' Perspectives on Adopted Hospital Policies That Combat Antibacterial Resistance in Selected …

IM Kimbowa, M Ocan, M Nakafeero, C Obua… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: This study aimed to determine healthcare providers' perspectives on adopted
hospital policies that support establishing antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) in …

Ongoing initiatives to improve the prescribing of medicines across sectors and the implications

B Godman - Advances in Human Biology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Godman: Initiatives to improve prescribing antimicrobials across countries including LMICs
given concerns with rising resistance rates, with multiple strategies again typically more …

Equity in Access to and Quality Use of Medicines in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

K Holloway, M Everard - … of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and …, 2023 - Springer
Equitable access for all people to affordable, quality-assured essential medicines and other
health technologies, and quality use of them, is needed to attain universal health coverage …

Facilitators and barriers of the rational drug use hospital program in Thailand

J Khumsikiew, S Sripa, S Moolasarn… - Pharmacy …, 2023 - pharmacypractice.org
The Thailand Ministry of Public Health has started a rational drug use (RDU) policy, which
includes multifaceted strategies as well as the RDU hospital program to tackle irrational drug …

Making essential medicines accessible: Policy analysis of the revision and implementation of the national essential medicines list in Kenya

JD Jarvis - 2022 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
BACKGROUND: Many countries, including Kenya, face challenges in ensuring equitable
access to essential medicines. National essential medicines lists (EMLs) are policies to …