Community Health Workers and Drugs: A Case Study of Thailand - EDM Research Series No. 015
(1994; 78 pages)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Community health workers, village drug funds, and the Thai primary health care programme
	2.1 The evolution of the Thai primary health care programme
	2.2 The VHV and VHC in the Thai PHC programme
	2.3 The village drug funds (VDFs)
	2.4 The drug provision role of the VDF
		2.4.1 Operational forms of the VDFs
		2.4.2 The VDF role in drug provision
Chapter 3. The village drug provision profile
	3.1 The village drug provision profiles (VDPP): an overview
	3.2 Drugs in the villages: range and types
	3.3 Major sources of drugs
Chapter 4. Community drug use
	4.1 Tracer illnesses and treatment/drug choice
	4.2 Drugs used during the tracer illness episodes
	4.3 Other health problems and the demand for drugs
Chapter 5. Conclusions and recommendations
	5.1 Conclusions
	5.2 Recommendations
Notes
Bibliography
List of annexes
	Annex 1: Tables
	Annex 2: List of household drugs
	Annex 3: Methodology
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Community Health Workers and Drugs: A Case Study of Thailand - EDM Research Series No. 015

Action Programme on Essential Drugs
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IMPLICATIONS OF
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
DISTRIBUTING DRUGS

A case study of Thailand

Action Programme on Essential Drugs

Luechai Sringernyuang (1)
Thavitong Hongvivatana (1)
Penchan Pradabmuk (1)

(1) Center for Health Policy Studies, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

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