Promotion of access to essential medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases: Practical implications of the UN Political Declaration [PDF]
Lancet, The, 2013 Access to medicines and vaccines to prevent and treat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is unacceptably low worldwide. In the 2011 UN political declaration on the prevention and control of NCDs, heads of government made several commitments related to ...
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Enhancing global access to cancer medicines [PDF]
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2020 Abstract Globally, cancer is the second leading cause of death, with numbers greatly exceeding those for human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. Limited access to timely diagnosis, to affordable, effective treatment, and to high‐quality care are just some of the factors that
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International Journal of Pharmacy & Integrated Health Sciences, 2022 Availability and access to the health care facility is a fundamental right of human, it is the timely used of services according to the needs. It is included in International treaties and is recognized by authorities and various Governments throughout the world. What does it means the access to medicine?
Ayesha Mustafa, Anam Yasmeen
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Laudato Si’: a bridge towards access to medicines
Vigilância Sanitária em Debate: Sociedade, Ciência & Tecnologia, 2018 Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’, albeit not explicitly, has drawn attention worldwide to the access to medicines as a fundamental human right, as it raises awareness about the current situation of the world and the poor.
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International meeting: New diagnostic tests are urgently needed to treat patients with Chagas disease. [PDF]
, 2008 Trypanosoma cruzi infection is often not detected early on or actively diagnosed, partly because most infected individuals are either asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic.
Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
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Implementation of Medicines Pricing Policies in Ghana: The Interplay of Policy Content, Actors’ Participation, and Context [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023 Background Implementing medicines pricing policy effectively is important for ensuring equitable access to essential medicines and ultimately achieving universal health coverage. However, published analyses of policy implementations are scarce from low-
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Can NGOs Regulate Medicines Markets? Social Enterprise in Wholesaling, and Access to Essential Medicines. [PDF]
, 2011 Citizens of high income countries rely on highly regulated medicines markets. However low income countries' impoverished populations generally struggle for access to essential medicines through out-of-pocket purchase on poorly regulated markets; results ...
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Embracing context: Lessons from designing a dialogue-based intervention to address vaccine hesitancy
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Dialogue with people who are vaccine hesitant has been recommended as a method to increase vaccination uptake. The process of cultivating dialogue is shaped by the context in which it occurs, yet the development of interventions addressing vaccine ...
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Legislating for universal access to medicines : a rights-based cross-national comparison of UHC laws in 16 countries [PDF]
, 2019 Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to ensure that all people have access to health services including essential medicines without risking financial hardship. Yet, in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) inadequate UHC fails to ensure universal
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