How to develop and implement a national drug policy / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

World Health Organization, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmaceutical policy.

Drug utilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 83 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Guidelines for developing national drug policies

Guidelines for developing national drug policies.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, [2001]

Summary:

In Europe today, HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care are needed more than ever. HIV incidence steady in western and central Europe, and dramatically increasing in eastern Europe remains a major challenge to public health in the 21st century. With more than two million people living with HIV/AIDS in the WHO European Region, no country has been spared. This book tells the story of HIV/AIDS in Europe from a broad variety of perspectives: biomedical, social, cultural, economic and political. The authors are leading experts from across the Region and include both the infected and the affected,

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The national drug policy process; 3. Legislation; 4. Selection of essential drugs; 5. Affordability; 6. Drug financing; 7. Supply systems; 8. Drug regulation; 9. Rational use of drugs; 10. Research; 11. Human resources development; 12. Monitoring and evaluation; References

Notes:

Updates and replaces Guidelines for developing national drug policies, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: How to develop and implement a national drug policy.

ISBN:

92-4-068069-1

OCLC:

70772826