Essential Drugs Monitor No. 032 (2003)
(2003; 48 pages) [French] [Spanish]

Table of Contents

	EDITORIAL - 25 years of essential medicines progress
	ANNIVERSARY ISSUE - Improving drug regulation
	Drug pricing survey in KwaZulu-Natal
	Reducing costs through regional pooled procurement
	Dispensing prescribers - a threat to appropriate medicines use?
	Drug and therapeutics committees: vehicles for improving rational drug use
	Announcing ICIUM 2004
	Access to essential medicines: a global necessity
	Memories of the First Expert Committee Meeting and celebrating 25 years later
	25 years of essential medicines: events around the world
	Personal reflections on 25 years of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
	Drug utilization in Latin America - the example of DURG-LA
	Global TB Drug Facility: improving access to TB drugs
	Demystifying antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings
	CBIA: improving the quality of self-medication through mothers’ active learning
	Indian hospital drug use study shows need to improve prescribing
	WHO’s new Model Formulary - promoting consumer rights and patient safety

Essential Drugs Monitor No. 032 (2003)

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Essential Drugs Monitor

The Essential Drugs Monitor is produced and distributed by the WHO Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (EDM). It is published in Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian, and has a global readership of some 300,000 to whom it is free of charge. The Monitor carries news of developments in national drug policies, therapeutic guidelines, current pharmaceutical issues, educational strategies and operational research.

WHO’s Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy seeks to ensure that all people - wherever they may be - are able to obtain the drugs they need at a price that they and their country can afford; that these drugs are safe, effective and of good quality; and that they are prescribed and used rationally.

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