1 Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, 2 WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, 3 Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland (MSF-H, Doctors without Borders-Holland), Amsterda...

Pakistan is a poor country where poverty stands at 78.4% when World Bank utilized the upper middle income rate ($5.5 per day) translating 179 million people. How such people can afford expensive medicines they are even not able to feed themselves for satisfying their hunger. On other hand, prices of have risen 80% in last four years. Such unjustified price hike caused by many factors including ...

The study aimed to synthesise qualitative studies of lay experiences of medicine taking. Most studies focused on the experience of those not taking their medicine as prescribed, with few considering those who reject their medicines or accept them uncritically. Most were concerned with medicines for chronic illnesses. The synthesis revealed widespread caution about taking medicines and highlight...

A system to improve the management of emergencies during pregnancy, childbirth, infancy and childhood in a region of The Gambia (Brikama) with a population of approximately 250,000 has been developed.This was accomplished through formal partnership between the Gambian Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation, Maternal Childhealth Advocacy International and the Advanced Life Support Gro...

BACKGROUND In 2009, China implemented the national essential medicines system by enacting the National Essential Medicines List 2009. According to the policy of this system, primary health care institutions can only stock and use essential medicines on the prescribed List. Meanwhile, each province can choose to make its own list of supplemented medicines. The goal of the study is to provide sug...

BACKGROUND Drug therapy plays a key role in pediatrics. Effective treatment in pediatric practice means that medicines should be both effective and safe for children. However, there is not enough data on effectiveness and safety of medicines for children due to small number of clinical trials [1]. Access to medicines for children remains a serious problem worldwide [2]. The World Health Organiz...

Dispensing process involves preparation and giving of medicines according to a prescription to a person, it also involves proper preparation and labeling of medicines for patient according to the instructions of prescriber [1]. Dispensing is crucial process for assuring rational use of drugs as a small mistake can lead to wrong drug, wrong dose , wrong advice, therefore it is important that dru...

Dispensing process involves preparation and giving of medicines according to a prescription to a person, it also involves proper preparation and labeling of medicines for patient according to the instructions of prescriber [1]. Dispensing is crucial process for assuring rational use of drugs as a small mistake can lead to wrong drug, wrong dose , wrong advice, therefore it is important that dru...

1. Ivermectin belongs to the macrocyclic lactone class of endectocides and consists of a mixture of two homologous compounds, 22,23-dihydroavermectin B1a (H2B1a, not less than 80%) and 22,23-dihydroavermectin B1b (H2B1b, not more than 20%). Avermectins are potent anthelmintic, insecticidal and acaracidal compounds which, by increasing the membrane permeability to chloride ions, mediate the para...