Producing National Drug and Therapeutic Information - The Malawi Approach to Developing Standard Treatment Guidelines: MSTG 1 (First edition): Decision to develop MSTG

Producing National Drug and Therapeutic Information - The Malawi Approach to Developing Standard Treatment Guidelines
(1994; 49 pages)

Índice de contenido

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

Decision to develop MSTG

Stimulated by the observations and outcome of the quantification seminar, the Ministry of Health (MOH) decided that there was an urgent need to systematically review and standardise common treatments. The aim was to rationalise prescribing practices in order to:

• improve the overall quality of prescribing;

• reduce the waste of drugs due to inappropriate prescribing habits;

• enable more accurate estimation of drug requirements, thereby facilitating efficient and effective drug procurement.

The MOH also decided that, following the development of the MSTG, a series of prescriber training seminars would be organized to introduce prescribers to the publication, orientate them on its benefits and correct use and promote its routine application in clinical practice.