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Stock-outs of antiretroviral drugs and coping strategies used to prevent changes in treatment regimens in Kinondoni District, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Since 2004, the government of Tanzania has been rolling out antiretroviral treatment programs all over the country. However, the capacity of the health system to cope with the rapid scale-up of these programs ...

Authors: Amani Thomas Mori and Joyce Owenya

A research agenda to promote affordable and quality assured medicines

Promoting generic medicines to increase access to essential medicines is relevant to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) and post 2015 goals.

Authors: Warren A Kaplan and Veronika J Wirtz

Immigrant background and medicine use for aches: national representative study of adolescents

The aims of the study were to examine the association between immigrant background and medicine use for headache and stomach-ache among adolescents, and whether symptoms of headache and stomach-ache could expl...

Authors: Lourdes Cantarero-Arévalo, Bjørn E Holstein, Anette Andersen, Maria Kristiansen and Ebba H Hansen

Economics and industry do not mean ethical conduct in clinical trials

Clinical trials present an ethical dilemma for pharmaceutical companies. While companies may want to undertake and report these trials in an ethical manner, negative results can significantly affect product sa...

Authors: Joel Lexchin

Malaria treatment policies and drug efficacy in Haiti from 1955-2012

Chloroquine (CQ), after 67 years of use in Haiti, is still part of the official treatment policy for malaria. Several countries around the world have used CQ in the past due to its low incidence of adverse eve...

Authors: Michael E von Fricken, Thomas A Weppelmann, Jennifer D Hosford, Alexander Existe and Bernard A Okech

Antibiotic prescribing in women during and after delivery in a non-teaching, tertiary care hospital in Ujjain, India: a prospective cross-sectional study

Antibacterial drugs (hereafter referred to as antibiotics) are crucial to treat infections during delivery and postpartum period to reduce maternal mortality. Institutional deliveries have the potential to sav...

Authors: Megha Sharma, Linda Sanneving, Kalpana Mahadik, Michele Santacatterina, Suryaprakash Dhaneria and Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg

Response to Michael Wonder’s comments on the article ‘Assessment of the therapeutic value of new medicines marketed in Australia’

Authors: Agnes I Vitry

Assessment of the therapeutic value of new medicines marketed in Australia

Authors: Michael J Wonder

Access to antibiotics in New Delhi, India: implications for antibiotic policy

The present survey was conducted to investigate the price and availability of a basket of 24 essential antibiotics and eight high-end antibiotics at various levels of health care in public and private sector i...

Authors: Anita Kotwani and Kathleen Holloway

National medicines policies – a review of the evolution and development processes

Continuous provision of appropriate medicines of assured quality, in adequate quantities, and at reasonable prices is a concern for all national governments. A national medicines policy (NMP) developed in a co...

Authors: Joëlle M Hoebert, Liset van Dijk, Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse, Hubert GM Leufkens and Richard O Laing

Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) isolates in Namibia: implications for empirical antibiotic treatment of meningitis

Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency associated with high mortality rates. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture is the “gold standard” for diagnosis of meningitis and it is important to establish the susce...

Authors: Assegid Mengistu, Johannes Gaeseb, Gottfried Uaaka, Christophine Ndjavera, Kennedy Kambyambya, Lazarus Indongo, Francis Kalemeera, Christopher Ntege, David Mabirizi, Mohan P Joshi and Evans Sagwa

Assessment of the therapeutic value of new medicines marketed in Australia

The belief that all new medicines bring a therapeutic innovation and better health outcomes is widely shared among the public, health professionals and policy makers.

Authors: Agnes I Vitry, Ng Huah Shin and Pauline Vitre

Evaluating patients’ perceptions regarding generic medicines in Jordan

The aim of this study was to explore Jordanian patients’ perceptions toward generic medicines and to evaluate their opinions regarding generic substitution.

Authors: Faris El-Dahiyat and Reem Kayyali

Southern Med Review to Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice: broadening the remit!

Authors: Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Shane Scahill, Ayyaz Kiani and Caroline Vaughan