Promotion of access to essential medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases: Practical implications of the UN Political Declaration [PDF]
, 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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Signal of harm in morphine use in adults with acute pulmonary oedema: A rapid systematic review
South African Medical Journal, 2023 Background. Heart failure affects nearly 65 million people globally, resulting in recurrent hospital admissions and substantial healthcare expenditure.
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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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Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2022 Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally despite effective treatments. Along with high-quality health services, essential medicines are a key tool in curbing TB related mortality.
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Фармацевтичний журнал, 2020 Market access for pharmaceuticals is a set of strategies, activities and processes developed by pharmaceutical companies to provide affordable medicines at appropriate fair prices in a particular health care system.
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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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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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Availability, price, and affordability of essential medicines to manage noncommunicable diseases : a national survey from Nepal [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this study was to evaluate the availability, price, and affordability of essential noncommunicable disease (NCD) medicines in Nepal. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Nepal in 2015 using World Health Organization/Health Action ...
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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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New diagnostics for tuberculosis: fulfilling patient needs first
Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2010 Background An effective tuberculosis (TB) control programme requires early diagnosis and immediate initiation of treatment. Any delays in diagnosing TB not only impair a patient's prognosis, but also increase the risks of transmitting the disease within ...
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