Many factors influence the regulation of pharmaceuticals in a country. The essential drugs concept, formulated by the World Health Organization to assist developing countries in selecting appropriate drugs, also provides a basis for regulation. Sri Lanka has long regulated pharmaceuticals as part of its health policy. Over 70% of 3436 pharmaceutical product registrations were found to be drugs ...

Expanding access to essential medicines has become one of the most visible challenges of global health delivery. Only a half-century ago, however, the role of medicines in international public health was far less obvious. Indeed, the original 1946 Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) barely mentioned medicines. 1 How did access to drugs assume such a central role within global he...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate prescription patterns and influencing factors in Chinese county hospitals. METHODS Prescription quality was evaluated by five indicators proposed by WHO/INRUD. A questionnaire for doctors was designed by our research group. All internists, surgeons, obstetricians, gynecologists and pediatricians from 10 county hospitals in Anhui province were asked to...

In the practice of chemical-toxicological analysis, cases poisoning people with certain antihelmintic drugs have become more frequent. Some antihelmintics are on WHO Model List Essential Medicines, World Health Organization's list essential medicines, which lists most effective, safest and affordable medicines. Despite worldwide recognition, effectiveness, availability low cost, they an importa...

OBJECTIVES Although poor reproductive health constitutes a significant proportion of the disease burden in developing countries, essential medicines for reproductive health are often not available to the population. The objective was to analyze the guiding principles for developing national Essential Medicines Lists (EML). The second objective was to compare the reproductive health medicines in...