# \[e-drug\] Advertising and marketing of essential drugs **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [April 5, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-advertising-and-marketing-of-essential-drugs/14028 "2002-04-05T04:48:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Belinda\_Assam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Belinda\_Assam](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Belinda_Assam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-advertising-and-marketing-of-essential-drugs/14028/1 "2002-04-05T04:48:26Z")
E-drug: Advertising and marketing of essential drugs --------------------------------------------- In the Provincial Delegation for health, we have a goal to make essential drugs available : to make every one in this province know that essential drugs are available in the health centres and the hospitals and the prices have been reduced by 80% of the former prices. We have done media and poster campaigns which have worked relatively well but not yet satisfactory enough. Has somebody worked on a similar issue before? How did you deal with the masses who still believe that it is 'easier' to buy medicines by the roadside or the market place and that consultation in hospitals take too long? Belinda Assam Provincial Delegation For Public Health Buea, South West Province Cameroon email belindassam@yahoo.com -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@usa.healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@usa.healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@usa.healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.healthnet.org/programs/edrug.html](http://www.healthnet.org/programs/edrug.html)