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Knowledge, attitude and practices of rational use of medicines among interns in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Telangana

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Rational use of drugs significantly impacts the treatment outcomes and the cost of health care. Most of the medical students are exposed to rational use of medicines and prescription writing during their second year but it is only during ...
Kranti Tekulapally
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Using government data to understand the use and availability of medicines for hypertension and diabetes: lessons from Peru

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background Regular measurement of the availability and use of key medicines for non-communicable diseases allows the tracking of progress to achieve equitable access to medicines. Using a country-level public sector monitoring system for medicine supply,
Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, María Lazo-Porras, Jessica Zafra, Margaret Ewen, David Beran   +4 more
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Drug Prescribing Trends and Safety Profile in Pediatric Care: Observations from a Tertiary Care Center

Indian Journal of Medical Specialities, 2021
Background: Globally, pharmacovigilance, rationality of drug prescription studies, and adverse drug reaction (ADR) in children affected with ailments are an understudied topic.
Farangipet Fathima, Princy Louis Palatty, Jayachandran Mamatha, Chennakeshava Thunga, Nizam Mithotti, Faizan Kalekhan, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga   +6 more
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Essential Genes of Vibrio anguillarum and Other Vibrio spp. Guide the Development of New Drugs and Vaccines [PDF]

, 2021
Essential genes in bacterial pathogens are potential drug targets and vaccine candidates because disrupting their function is lethal. The development of new antibiotics, in addition to effective prevention measures such as vaccination, contributes to ...
Goffin, Nikki, Stuart McMillan, Desbois, Andrew P, Michaël Bekaert, Andrew P. Desbois, Bekaert, Michaël, Nikki Goffin, McMillan, Stuart   +7 more
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Constraints to implementing the Essential Health Package in Malawi. [PDF]

, 2011
Increasingly seen as a useful tool of health policy, Essential or Minimal Health Packages direct resources to interventions that aim to address the local burden of disease and be cost-effective. Less attention has been paid to the delivery mechanisms for
Arnab Acharya, Palmer, Natasha, Acharya Arnab, Natasha Palmer, Dirk H. Mueller, Lungu, Douglas, Dirk H Mueller, Mueller, Dirk H, Mueller Dirk H., Acharya, Arnab, Douglas Lungu, Palmer Natasha, Lungu Douglas   +12 more
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Selection of psychotropic medications for the primary health care essential medicine list: Rationale and process

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Introduction: Equitable access to essential psychotropic medicines at primary level is fundamental to universal health coverage for mental health. It relies upon rational selection, affordable pricing, financial protection and consistent supply systems ...
Lesley J. Robertson, Renee De Waal, Trudy D. Leong   +2 more
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Prescribing Pattern of Anti-malarial Drugs with Particular Reference to the use of Artesunate in Complicated Plasmodium Vivax Cases [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Background: In developing countries, Malaria has been found to be one of the most common cause of fever and morbidity, particularly among infants and young children.
Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Mohd Sajid Khan, Farhan Ahmad Khan   +2 more
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Free acquisition of psychotropic drugs by the Brazilian adult population and presence on the National List of Essential Medicines [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022
The aims of the present study were to estimate the free-of-charge acquisition of psychotropic drugs among Brazilian adults; analyze the distribution of psychotropics according to their presence on the Relação Nacional de Medicamentos Essenciais (RENAME ...
Patrícia Silveira Rodrigues, Priscila Maria Stolses Bergamo Francisco, Andréia Turmina Fontanella, Karen Sarmento Costa   +3 more
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Cost-analysis of the WHO Essential Medicines List in A Resource-Limited Setting: Experience from A District Hospital in India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been publishing the essential medicines list (EML) since 1977. The EML includes the most efficacious, safe and cost-effective drugs for the most relevant public health conditions worldwide. The WHO performs a cost-
Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Dixon Thomas, Seeba Zachariah, Rajarajeshwari Byram, Shanmugamari Kannan   +4 more
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Essential medicines in Tanzania : does the new delivery system improve supply and accountability? [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: Assess whether reform in the Tanzanian medicines delivery system from a central 'push' kit system to a decentralized 'pull' Integrated Logistics System (ILS) has improved medicines accountability.
Graham Reid, Inez Mikkelsen-Lopez, Harun Kasale, de Savigny, Don, Peter Cowley, Reid, Graham, Kasale, Harun, Don de Savigny, Mbuya, Conrad, Conrad Mbuya, Mikkelsen-Lopez, Inez, Cowley, Peter   +11 more
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