Evidence from the Field: Missed Opportunities for Identifying and Linking HIV-Infected Children for Early Initiation of ART
As of 2012, only 34% of treatment eligible children in low- and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) despite proven b...
The Role of AFB Microscopy Training in Improving the Performance of Laboratory Professionals: Analysis of Pre and Post Training Evaluation Scores
In low income countries, Ziehl-Neelsen sputum smear microscopy is the only cost-effective tool for diagnosis and monitoring of patients on treatmen...
A Quiet Revolution in Global Public Health: The World Health Organization’s Prequalification of Medicines Programme
Problems with the quality of medicines abound in countries where regulatory and legal oversight are weak, where medicines are unaffordable to most, an...
Were Medicine Quality and Pharmaceutical Management Contributing Factors in Diminishing Artemisinin Efficacy in Guyana and Suriname?
Recent studies in Guyana and Suriname revealed diminished efficacy of artemisinin derivatives based on day-3 parasitaemia. Data on malaria medicine qu...
Improving Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in Uganda with a Low-Resource Facility-Based Intervention
This study assessed the effects of facility-based interventions using existing resources to improve overall patient attendance and adherence to antire...
Tips for Lowering Pharmacy Temperatures to Maintain Good Medicine Quality
Pharmacies that serve health clinics located in tropical areas need infrastructure that will help lower their inside air temperature. It is very impor...
Promising Practices in Supply Chain Management
This guide is intended to assist managers, planners, technical advisors, and health care workers to improve LMS skills for their malaria programs at d...
Evaluating the Impact of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Malawi through Immunization Clinic-Based Surveillance
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs can greatly reduce the vertical transmission rate (VTR) of HIV, and Malawi is expan...
Compendium of Tools & Strategies to Achieve Universal Access to TB Care for At-Risk and Vulnerable Groups
High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography to Assess Pharmaceutical Product Quality
Abstract Objective To assess the sustainability, robustness and economic advantages of high-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) for quality ...