Producing National Drug and Therapeutic Information - The Malawi Approach to Developing Standard Treatment Guidelines: Appendices: Appendix 1 - Background publications used in preparation of the guidelines

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
	Uses and benefits of Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs)
	Reasons for developing the MSTG
MSTG 1 (First edition)
	Activities prior to development of MSTG 1
	Decision to develop MSTG
	Preparation
	Printing
	Distribution
		Methods of distribution
	Introducing the guidelines
MSTG 2 (Second edition)
	Review of MSTG 1 and development of MSTG 2
	Editing and preparation for printing
	Printing
	Distribution
	Introducing the new edition
		Prescriber training workshops
	Feedback
	Use in drug utilisation and prescription monitoring
	Future plans
		Training workshops
		Development of curricula for formal health training courses
		Review of MSTG 2 and preparation of the next edition
Appendices
	Appendix 1 - Background publications used in preparation of the guidelines
	Appendix 2 - Sample page of MSTG 1 (December 1988) first draft
	Appendix 3 - Sample page of MSTG 1 (May 1989) second draft
	Appendix 4 - Sample page of MSTG 1 (July 1989) third draft
	Appendix 5 - Sample page of MSTG 1 (November 1990) final version
	Appendix 6 - Technical notes on MSTG 1
	Appendix 7 - Cover page of MSTG 1
	Appendix 8 - Modification form for MSTG 1
	Appendix 9 - Sample page of MSTG 2 (July 1993) final version
	Appendix 10 - Technical notes on MSTG 2
	Appendix 11 - Cover page of MSTG 2
	Appendix 12 - Comparison table for MSTG 1 and MSTG 2
	Appendix 13 - District training workshops to introduce MSTG 2 and MPC

MSTG 1

Reeve PA. Common Medical Problems in Malawi: a Guide to Management. Lilongwe: Ministry of Health, Malawi, (undated).

Clinical Guidelines: Diagnostic and Treatment Manual. Paris: Médecins sans Frontières Editions Hatier, 1988

British National Formulary. London: British Medical Association & The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1988

Martindale. The Extra Pharmacopoiea 28th ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 1982

EDLIZ. Harare: Ministry of Health, Zimbabwe, 1985

WHO Model Prescribing Information (series in draft). Geneva: World Health Organization

Reference was also made to Ministry of Health publications available at the time including:

Guide for Management of Malaria. Lilongwe: Ministry of Health, Malawi, 1986

Manual of the TB Control Programme in Malawi. Lilongwe: Ministry of Health, 1987

MSTG 2

Other texts consulted for this edition (in addition to those used for MSTG 1) included:

Wilkinson M. A Mental Health Handbook for Malawi. Lilongwe: Ministry of Health, Malawi, 1991

Phillips JA, Kazembe KN, Nelson EAS, Fisher JAF. A Paediatric Handbook for Malawi (undated)

Antibiotic Guidelines 7th ed. Melbourne: Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Inc, 1992

Ministry of Health booklets:

Guidelines for Management of Malaria. Lilongwe: Ministry of Health, Malawi, 1992

HIV Management Guidelines. Lilongwe: Ministry of Health, Malawi, 1994 (draft)

STD Guidelines. Lilongwe: Ministry of Health, Malawi, 1994 (draft)