E-DRUG: 11 Essential Medicines Lists from South East Asia (2)
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Dear E-druggers, SEARO,
To have an idea of the 'formulation to implementation' effectiveness (as a
pre-cursor to cost-effective standard treatments), it would be interesting
(and helpful) to have data on the actual country' regulatory status of the
items listed per country. Otherwise the praxis may be quite different from
the intention.
The indicator could then be the proportion of items included
in the essential medicines list (dosing form and strength) having been
authorized for use (or the % not), in ranking order (number of 'true'
registrations of assured quality) and in principle accessible to the general
population. Are the country's reg databases accessible alongside these
lists?
I am also intrigued by the picture on the website showing some peculiarly
speckled tablets..
with kind regards,
Pascal Verhoeven
Pharmacist
The Netherlands
verhoeven.pascal@gmail.com