Viewpoint: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and the Health-Related Millennium Development Goals: Time for a Public Health Approach
Abstract The WHO 2010 guidelines specify that a CD4 cell count is crucial to decisions about the eligibility of HIV-infected pregnant women for lifelo...
Creating a New Class of Pharmaceutical Services Provider for Underserved Areas: The Tanzania Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet Experience
Abstract The Problem In developing countries, the most accessible source of treatment for common conditions is often an informal drug shop, where drug...
MSH 2007 Annual Report: Global Challenges, Local Solutions
MSH’s 2007 annual report celebrates the remarkable evolution that has taken place in global health since the turn of the millennium, and we high...
Ten Best Readings in Essential Medicines
The essential medicines concept has become an established approach in international public health – a vital component for combating HIV/AIDS, tubercul...
Improving Drug Management to Control Tuberculosis
Scaling Up Antiretroviral Treatment in Resource-Poor Settings
Abstract For the past few months we have been working with our colleagues to prepare Malawi’s antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up plan for 2006–0....
Increasing Access to Subsidized Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy through Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in Tanzania
In Tanzania, many people seek malaria treatment from retail drug sellers. The National Malaria Control Program identified the accredited drug dispensi...