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Cost-effectiveness analysis of flucytosine as induction therapy in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected adults in South Africa

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa accounts for three-quarters of the global cases and 135,000 deaths per annum. Current treatment includes the use of fluconazole and amphotericin B.
Jacqui Miot, Trudy Leong, Simbarashe Takuva, Andrew Parrish, Halima Dawood   +4 more
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A discrete choice experiment investigating preferences for funding drugs used to treat orphan diseases: an exploratory study [PDF]

, 2010
Policy debate about funding criteria for drugs used to treat rare, orphan diseases is gaining prominence. This study presents evidence from a discrete choice experiment using a convenience sample of university students to investigate individual ...
Jeremiah Hurley, Mentzakis, Emmanouil, Stefanowska, Patricia, Emmanouil Mentzakis, Patricia Stefanowska, Hurley, Jeremiah   +5 more
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Universal access to essential medicines as part of the right to health: a cross-national comparison of national laws, medicines policies, and health system indicators

Global Health Action, 2020
Background Access to essential medicines for the world’s poor and vulnerable has made little progress since 2000, except for a few specific medicines such as antiretrovirals for HIV/AIDS.
Katrina Perehudoff
doaj   +1 more source

RESEARCH-BASED DEVELOPMENT OF CONSUMER DRUG INFORMATION PAMPHLET AT TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN NEPAL

Journal 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, K W Johnson, N L Blum, B Regmi, B Khakurel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs That Elevate Cardiovascular Risk: An Examination of Sales and Essential Medicines Lists in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries [PDF]

, 2013
PMCID: PMC3570554This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
David Henry (27846), McGettigan, P, Henry, D, David Henry, Patricia McGettigan (203640), Patricia McGettigan, McGettigan Patricia, Henry David   +7 more
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A research agenda for malaria eradication: drugs. [PDF]

, 2011
Antimalarial drugs will be essential tools at all stages of malaria elimination along the path towards eradication, including the early control or "attack" phase to drive down transmission and the later stages of maintaining interruption of transmission,
Price, RN, null null, mal, E. R. A. Consultative Group on Drugs, E. R. A. Consultative Group on Drugs, malERA Consultative Group on Drugs   +3 more
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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 ...
Mujinja, P.G.M, Chaudhuri, Sudip, Mujinja Phares GM, Mackintosh Maureen, Maureen Mackintosh, Mackintosh, M., Phares GM Mujinja, Sudip Chaudhuri, Mujinja, Phares Gm, Mujinja, Phares G.M., Mackintosh, Maureen, Chaudhuri Sudip, Chaudhuri, S.   +12 more
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UNAVAILBILITY OF APPROPRIATE DOSES AND NEED FOR TABLET SPLITTING OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS BY GERIATRIC PATIENTS

Geriatrics, 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, Einstein Francisco Camargos, Felipe Ferreira, Marco Polo Dias Freitas, José Reinaldo Silva Costa, Patrícia Medeiros-Souza   +5 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Journal 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, Deepti Sahran, Sanjay Yadav, Archana Bhatti, Neeraj Garg, V. Jithesh   +5 more
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