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The Consistency Between the Chinese Essential Medicines List and Treatment Guidelines—Taking Oncology Medicines as an Example

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
The concepts of “essential medicine” and “national medicine policy” were first put forward for the first time at the World Health Assembly in 1975 in an effort to alleviate the problem of medicine unavailability in developing and poor countries.
Luyan Cheng, Luyan Cheng, Caiyun Li, Caiyun Li, Xuefang Zhang, Xuefang Zhang, Yongfa Chen, Yongfa Chen, Jianzhou Yan, Jianzhou Yan   +9 more
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Hypoxemia detection and oxygen therapy practices in neonatal and pediatric wards across seven district and referral hospitals in Rwanda

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundHypoxemia, characterized by low levels of oxygen in the blood, is a potentially fatal condition that is commonly found in pediatric and neonatal conditions that drive childhood mortality globally.
Hyacinthe Mushumbamwiza, Harriet H. Webster, Christine Kayitesi, Jasmine Miller, Nang’andu Chizyuka, Felix Musabirema, Alida Ngwije, Brenda Kateera, Sanctus Musafiri, Lisine Tuyisenge, Hamish R. Graham, Felix Lam, Corneille Ntihabose   +12 more
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Pricing of and Access to Essential Medicines in Mongolia

Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017
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Gereltuya Dorj
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Access to Essential Medicines and Diagnostic Tests for Cardiovascular Diseases in Maputo City, Mozambique

Global Heart, 2023
Background: To tackle the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and reduce premature cardiovascular (CV) mortality by a third by the year 2030, countries must achieve 80% availability of affordable essential medicines (EMs) and ...
Neusa Jessen, Abhishek Sharma, Jennifer Jones, Tangeni Auala, Sainimere Boladuadua, Ahmadou Jingi, Jose Ferrer, Ana Olga Mocumbi   +7 more
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NOACs Added to WHO’s Essential Medicines List: Recommendations for Future Policy Actions

Global Heart, 2020
The introduction of non-vitamin K antagonists oral anticoagulants, a class of medicines which includes dabigatran, apixaban, edoxaban and rivaroxaban, has resulted in improvements in the safety and efficacy of non valvular atrial fibrillation treatment ...
Mariachiara Di Cesare, Jordan D. Jarvis, Oana Scarlatescu, Xinyi Leng, Ezequiel J. Zaidel, Esteban Burrone, Jean-Luc Eiselé, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Karen Sliwa   +8 more
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Improving antibiotic prescribing for children in the resource-poor setting. [PDF]

, 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, Irwin, A, Le Doare, K, Sharland, M   +3 more
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Review of medicine registration system in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2019
>Magister Scientiae - MScRegistration of medicines is an essential function of the national medicine regulatory system of any country. Since the start of the medicine registration system in Tanzania in early 2000s, no systematic review has been carried
Kisoma, Sunday Ally
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How to assure access of essential RMNCH medicines by looking at policy and systems factors: an analysis of countdown to 2015 countries

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals set targets for social achievements by 2015 including goals related to maternal and child health, with mixed success.
Jane Briggs, Martha Embrey, Blerta Maliqi, Lisa Hedman, Jennifer Requejo   +4 more
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In-hospital safety in field conditions of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T. B. Gambiense Sleeping Sickness [PDF]

, 2012
Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) is a fatal disease. Until 2009, available treatments for 2(nd) stage HAT were complicated to use, expensive (eflornithine monotherapy), or toxic, and ...
A Stanghellini, Andrea Kuemmerle, C Burri, C Schmid, Caecilia Schmid, Digas Tete, E Matovu, F Chappuis, F Checchi, G Priotto, G Priotto, G Priotto, Ismael Lumpungu, J Blum, J Blum, J Pepin, J Robays, JA Blum, Johannes Blum, Joseph Mathu Ndung'u, M Balasegaram, Mays Kisala, Medard Ilunga, Nono Mubwa, Olaf Valverde Mordt, Pathou Nganzobo, PP Simarro, Salah Ghabri, Severine Blesson, Sylvain Mutanda, Victor Kande, Wilfried Mutombo   +31 more
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Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Sabine Irtan, Yves Reguerre, Malgorzata Krawczyk, Ewa Bien, Tal Ben‐Ami, Maja Cesen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Dominik T. Schneider, Abbas Agaimy, Constantin Lapa, Hubert Ducou le Pointe, Rainer Claus, Catherine Daniel, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +19 more
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