Book: Managing Pharmaceuticals in International Health
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Dear colleagues,
I would like to inform you about the book "Managing Pharmaceuti-
cals in International Health" which has been published this
year. All authors want to invite readers to provide critical
feed-back about content and usefulness of the book.
Best regards,
Reinhard Huss
mailto:reinhard.huss@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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Managing Pharmaceuticals in International Health Year: 2004
Overview:
The ready availability of essential drugs to entire populations
is a key determinant of public health in all countries. Address-
ing the great inequalities in drug supply is one of the major
challenges in international health. This book aims to provide
the student of international health with an introduction to the
international pharmaceutical scene: Who are the key players and
what are their roles? What has been achieved so far, and what
remains to be done? What are the prospects for the future?
The book should be of interest to all those who wish to learn
more about an important area of international health. It will be
of particular interest to those involved with the management of
medicines at any level, and to those with an interest in improv-
ing access to medicines for all in a fair and equitable way.
Contents:
* Issues in the Management of Pharmaceuticals in International
Health
* Access and Availability of Pharmaceuticals in International
Health
* Assessing the Pharmaceutical Needs of Patients and
Populations
* The Role of Health Professionals
* The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry
* The Role of Governments
* The Role of the European Union, National Assistance Agencies
and NGOs
* The Role of International Organizations
* Rational Use of Medicines
* Medicine Quality, Adverse Reactions and Antimicrobial
Resistance
* Managing Medicines Information
* Investigating the Use of Medicines
* Trends and Developments
* Policy Initiatives and their Implications
Authors:
Stuart Anderson, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
UK
Reinhard Huss, Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health,
Heidelberg, Germany
Rob Summers, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria,
South Africa
Karin Wiedenmayer, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Format: 276 pages. Softcover
ISBN 3-7643-6601-X
Price: 39.00 / CHF 65.00 subject to local VAT
Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag AG
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http://www.birkhauser.ch