Engaging the Private Sector to Improve Antimicrobial Use in the Community: Experience from Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in Tanzania
A public-private partnership in Tanzania launched the accredited drug dispensing outlet (ADDO) program to improve access to quality medicines and p...
Understanding Private Retail Drug Outlet Dispenser Knowledge and Practices in Tuberculosis Care in Tanzania
This article assessed private sector accredited drug dispensing outlets in Morogoro and pharmacies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to determine (1) the le...
Stabilizing Supply of Artemisinin and Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy in an Era of Wide-Spread Scale-Up
The global demand for artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has grown sharply since its recommendation by the World Health Organization in 2002....
Assessing the Quality of Data Aggregated by Antiretroviral Treatment Clinics in Malawi
As national antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes scale up, it is essential that information is complete, timely and accurate for site monitoring ...
Enhancing Health Outcomes for Chronic Diseases in Resource-Limited Settings by Improving the Use of Medicines: The Role of Pharmaceutical Care
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), health systems have historically focused on the prevention and treatment of highly prevalent and frequent...
Promising Practices in Supply Chain Management
This series of briefs, commissioned by the Supply and Awareness Technical Reference Team (TRT) of the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodi...
Estimation of Unmet Medical Need for Essential Maternal Health Medicines
Health Systems in Action: An eHandbook for Leaders and Managers
Quality Use of Medicines within Universal Health Coverage: Challenges and Opportunities
Ensuring that medicines which achieve important health outcomes are available, accessible to all, used appropriately, and sustainably affordable is es...
Linkage, Initiation and Retention of Children in the Antiretroviral Therapy Cascade: An Overview
In 2012, there were an estimated 2 million children in need of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the world, but ART is still reaching fewer than 3 in 10...