How to Develop and Implement a National Drug Policy (Second Edition): Selected WHO publications and documents of related interest

How to Develop and Implement a National Drug Policy (Second Edition)
(2001; 96 pages) [French] [Spanish]

Table of Contents

Contributors
Abbreviations and acronyms
Preface
Part I: How to develop and implement a national drug policy
	1. Introduction
		1.1 Essential drugs are not used to their full potential
		1.2 What is a national drug policy?
		1.3 Key components of a national drug policy
	2. The national drug policy process
		2.1 Overview of the national drug policy process
		2.2 Formulating a national drug policy
		2.3 Implementing a national drug policy
		2.4 Monitoring and evaluation
	3. Legislation
		3.1 Importance of legislation and regulations
		3.2 Framework for drug legislation
		3.3 Developing drug legislation and regulations
Part II: Key components of a national drug policy
	4. Selection of essential drugs
		4.1 Essential drugs
		4.2 Old problems and new challenges
		4.3 Strategies for the selection of essential drugs
		4.4 Traditional and herbal medicines
	5. Affordability
		5.1 Challenges
		5.2 Strategies to increase affordability
	6. Drug financing
		6.1 Challenges
		6.2 Drug financing options
	7. Supply systems
		7.1 Public or private? Or mixed?
		7.2 Drug procurement
		7.3 Local manufacture
		7.4 Distribution strategies
		7.5 Drug supply in emergency situations
	8. Drug regulation
		8.1 Need for drug regulation and quality assurance
		8.2 Basic requirements for drug regulation
		8.3 Core elements of drug regulation
		8.4 Stepwise approach to drug registration
		8.5 Quality
		8.6 Safety
		8.7 Efficacy
		8.8 Information and drug promotion
		8.9 Information exchange with WHO and with other agencies
	9. Rational use of drugs
		9.1 Why is it important to promote rational use?
		9.2 Challenges
		9.3 Planning for activities to promote rational use of drugs
		9.4 Core strategies to improve drug use
		9.5 Educational strategies
		9.6 Managerial strategies to promote rational drug use
		9.7 Regulatory strategies to promote rational drug use
		9.8 Promoting rational drug use in the private sector
	10. Research
		10.1 Introduction
		10.2 Strategies to promote research
	11. Human resources development
		11.1 Introduction
		11.2 Strategies for human resource development
	12. Monitoring and evaluation
		12.1 Monitoring and evaluation are part of a national drug policy
References
Selected WHO publications and documents of related interest
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Selected WHO publications and documents of related interest

The use of essential drugs. Ninth report
of the WHO Expert Committee (including the
Revised Model List of Essential Drugs).
Technical report series No. 895.
2000 (61 pages)

Indicators for monitoring national drug
policies. A practical manual. Second edition
2000 (216 pages)

Guide to good prescribing. A practical manual
1995 (108 pages)

Guide to drug financing mechanisms
1998 (55 pages)

WHO model prescribing information:
drugs used in bacterial infections
2001 (126 pages)

The new emergency health kit 1998. Lists of
drugs and medical supplies for 10,000 people foro
approximately three months. Second edition
1998 (73 pages)

Guidelines for the safe disposal of
unwanted pharmaceuticals in and after
emergencies. Interagency guidelines
1999 (31 pages)

WHO monographs on selected
medicinal plants. Volume 1
1999 (289 pages)

Quality assurance of pharmaceuticals.
A compendium of guidelines and related
materials. Volume 2. Good manufacturing
practices and inspection
1999 (198 pages)

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