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Does the Pharmaceutical Sector Have a Coresponsibility for the Human Right to Health? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The highest attainable standard of health is a fundamental human right, which has been part of international law since 1948. States and their institutions are the primary duty bearers responsible for ensuring that human rights are respected, protected ...
DORIS SCHROEDER   +11 more
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RESEARCH-BASED DEVELOPMENT OF CONSUMER DRUG INFORMATION PAMPHLET AT TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN NEPAL

open access: yesJournal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003
Considering the generally low priority given to educating consumers in Nepal and also as a part of its commitment towards consumer awareness, the Drug Information Unit of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) developed and distributed a consumer ...
Mohan P Joshi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of the Calcium Plateau in the Neuronal Injury and Behavioral Morbidities Following Organophosphate Intoxication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Organophosphate (OP) chemicals include nerve agents and pesticides, and there is a growing concern of OP based chemical attacks against civilians. Current antidotes are essential in limiting immediate mortality associated with OP exposure.
Battaglia F.P.   +8 more
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Essential Drugs

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine, 1993
Availability of an appropriate selection and regular supply of affordable drugs that are efficacious, safe and of good quality, is a prerequisite for any operative health care system. In most of the industrialized countries a variety of drugs are usually available in sufficient quantity and some drugs may even be over-used in medical therapy, yet half ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Improving antibiotic prescribing for children in the resource-poor setting. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Antibiotics are a critically important part of paediatric medical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where infectious diseases are the leading cause of child mortality. The World Health Organization estimates that >50% of all medicines are
Barker, CI   +3 more
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Abolishing user fees for children and pregnant women trebled uptake of malaria-related interventions in Kangaba, Mali. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Malaria is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 in Mali. Health centres provide primary care, including malaria treatment, under a system of cost recovery.
Audibert   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

A Descriptive Study to Determine Prescription Compliance of Dispensary in a Polyclinic Outpatient Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital

open access: yesJournal of Marine Medical Society
Introduction: The nonavailability of medicines is a multifactorial problem in India, and several factors contribute to it. The nonavailability of medicines in public health facilities has severe consequences for the health and well-being of the ...
M. Vinodh Kumar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining catastrophic costs and benefit incidence of subsidized antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme in south-east Nigeria.

open access: yes, 2008
OBJECTIVES: To examine the extent to which costs of subsidized antiretrovirals treatment (ART) programmes are catastrophic and the benefit incidence that accrues to different population groups.
Chukwuka, Chinwe   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Metoclopramide Neurological Side Effects Screening; A Pharmacovigilence Study in Romanian Community Pharmacies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background. Metoclopramide is a pharmacological agent frequently used in therapy against nausea and vomiting that can occur in indigestion, motion sickness, gastric ulcer, pyloric spasm and after surgery as a side effect of some anesthetics.
Junghină, Adrian   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

UNAVAILBILITY OF APPROPRIATE DOSES AND NEED FOR TABLET SPLITTING OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS BY GERIATRIC PATIENTS

open access: yesGeriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2020
BACKGROUND: Tablet splitting appears common in older adults, but its safety, and the factors associated with this practice, remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: To identify which psychotropic drugs are most often split, which doses are intended with this practice,
Flávio Mascarenhas Starling   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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