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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Essential medicines"”.
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Trips flexibilities and access to essential medicines in South Africa
… be utilised to realise the need of access to medicines in South Africa, together with how the pricing system has a weighty effect with regards to access to medicines. The TRIPS flexibility has given WTO members the liberty to determine and customise their policy space with regards to TRIPS …
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Stereoselective and Economical Methods for Chemical Synthesis of Essential Medicines
… of a Vorbrüggen glycosylation en route to essential HIV drugs emtricitabine (FTC) and lamivudine (3TC) is achieved. TMSCl–NaI in wet solvent (0.1 M water) activates a 1,3-oxathiolanyl acetate donor for N -glycosylation of silylated cytosine derivatives, leading to cis oxathiolane products …
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Exploring the legal means of enhancing access to essential medicines in South Africa
The introduction of ARVs to the care and treatment of HIV and AIDS must comply with South African patent law and international obligations under the TRIPS agreement. However, the prices of patented and/or branded drugs supplied by the manufacturers may prevent equitable access to necessary drugs …
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Review of drug financing and expenditure in Uganda : sustainability and improved access to essential medicines
Drugs are an important factor of production in health care. They constitute a significant proportion of health care expenditure in both developed and developing countries rendering financing of drugs an important health care concern. Previous studies have focused on health care financing in general …
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An Assessment Of The Contribution Of Prime Vendor Model On Availability Of Essential Medicines In Tanzania
… of the prime vendor model on availability of essential medicines in Tanzania. The main focus of the study was to assess the contribution of PVM in improving availability of essential medicines and medical supplies through private-public mix system. Specific objectives were centered on the …
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Availability of essential medicines for chronic disease vs. communicable disease in Kenya as an indicator of age-related inequities in access
… through measuring the relative availability of essential medicines for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD), relative to the availability of medicines for communicable diseases (CD). Aim and objectives: The aim of the study was to compare the availability of essential medicines for NCD and CD …
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Compulsory licensure as a cost-containment measure for essential medicines: a comparative study of South Africa, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China
… to circumvent price dominance in the sale of essential pharmaceutical commodities. The South African Patents Law provides for CL under three grounds. These are dealt with in chapter 2. The abuse of patents rights as a result of excessive pricing is one of these grounds. Yet, attempting to use …
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Assessing factors associated with essential medicine availability at primary health care facilities in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
… The unavailability of and lack of access to essential medicines are associated with negative health outcomes contributing to morbidity and mortality. Aim: This study aimed to discuss the availability of essential medicines by assessing how the presence of pharmacist assistants, their …
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An assessment of the current status of integration of palliative care into primary health care centers in Alexandra community
… to PC, 2) to identify the availability of PC essential medicines in the PHC and 3) to survey the HCPs training in PC. Methodology- Each objective has different targets. Objective number 1) has clinic managers as its targets. Objective 2), HCPs and people involved in procuring and prescribing …
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The legal and political imperatives for proposed amendments of the South African Patents Act to implement TRIPS flexibilities and enhance the framework for access to medicines
… the ability of South Africans to access the essential medicines, intellectual property (IP) is one of them. This dissertation considers some of opportunities open to South Africa through international IP flexibilities, which are aimed at safeguarding public health rights against the sometimes …
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The pharmacological management of palliative care symptoms in haematology and oncology patients at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH) in Harare Zimbabwe
… palliative care symptoms should be classified as essential medicines and be available to all patients who need this treatment. Factors influencing the effective pharmacological management of palliative care symptoms include drug availability, policy and the approach of the prescribers. Studies …
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Medicine stock Management at primary health care facilities in one South African province
… Universal Health coverage (UHC), access to essential medicines needs to be prioritized. In ensuring access to medicines, an important factor to be considered is the uninterrupted availability of essential medicines at the primary health care (PHC) level which is usually the first point of …
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Closing gaps in global access to biologic medicines : building tools to evaluate innovations in biomanufacturing
… and affordable health services, especially medicines. Such trends are in part due to a continued epidemiologic transition from infectious to chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Today, NCDs account for a large portion of total global disease burden: 70% of deaths as per the World …
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Development of a continuous-flow synthesis of neostigmine methylsulfate and studies toward a continuous-flow synthesis of lisinopril
… inhibitor on the WHO list of essential medicines, and the transfer of the synthesis into a next-generation reconfigurable frame developed by our collaborators. Starting from 3-dimethylaminophenol, the synthesis provides a throughput of approximately 46.8 g/day (or 93,600 …
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Situation analysis of the medicines pricing in context of the national medicines policy of Namibia
… the effectiveness of Namibia's current National Medicines Policy (NMP) in regulating medicine prices, ensuring affordability, and improving access to essential medicines in both public and private sectors. The study's objectives were to explore regulatory barriers that hinder effective policy …
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Pharmaceutical policies used in LMIC countries to enhance pharmaceutical spending efficiency: a review
… Countries (LMICs), where access to essential medicines is hindered by high prices, inefficient procurement, and restricted budget. In order to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), there must be policies that ensure affordability and sustainability while addressing gaps involving …
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Towards systems pharmacology models of druggable targets and disease mechanisms
The development of essential medicines is being slowed by a lack of efficiency in drug development as ninety per cent of drugs fail at some stage during clinical evaluation. This attrition in drug development is seen not because of a reduction in pharmaceutical research expenditure nor is it caused …
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Análise da prescrição de psicotrópicos dispensados em um centro de atenção integral à saúde em João Pessoa - Paraíba
… based on the list of the Municipal Register of Essential Medicines in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, was created a q uestionnaire in accordance with the decree n ° 344/98 - SVS / MS, in which it approved the technical regulation on substances and drugs subject to special control, so that …
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BIOSYNTHESIS AND FUNCTION OF CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES IN THE CRUCIFER GENUS <i>ERYSIMUM</i>
… are on the World Health Organization's list of essential medicines. However, the biosynthetic pathway remains unknown. In Chapter 1 of this dissertation, I provide background information and describe the development of genetic resources for the study of cardiac glycoside biosynthesis in …
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The human right to medicines in sub-Saharan Africa
… greatest burden of disease in the world although medicines exist that can treat the majority of the illnesses afflicting them. In fact, many essential medicines are not accessible for most of the people in the region. While the lack of resources is apparently a major impediment for access to …
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