E-DRUG: Medicines & Universal Health Coverage: Thematic series Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy & Practice
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Dear All
I would like to draw your attention to the recently published thematic series on "Universal Health Coverage and Access to Medicines".
The series has been published by Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (www.joppp.org)
It contains a set of papers on country experiences and overarching issues related to medicines in health systems.
Here is the list of articles and themes covered:
Editorial
Maryam Bigdeli, Richard Laing, Göran Tomson, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar.
Medicines and universal health coverage: challenges and opportunities.Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2015, 8:8 http://www.joppp.org/content/8/1/8
Article
Jason C Hsu, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Anita K Wagner, Ching-Lan Cheng, Yea-Huei Kao Yang, Fang Zhang and Christine Y Lu.
Utilization of oral antidiabetic medications in Taiwan following strategies to promote access to medicines for chronic diseases in community pharmacies Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2015, 8:15
http://www.joppp.org/content/8/1/15
Article
Isabel Cristina Martins Emmerick, José Miguel do Nascimento, Marco Aurélio Pereira, Vera Lucia Luiza, Dennis Ross-Degnan and ISAUM-Br
Collaborative Group. Farmácia Popular Program: changes in geographic accessibility of medicines during ten years of a medicine subsidy policy in Brazil Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2015, 8:10 http://www.joppp.org/content/8/1/10
Article
Christine Y Lu, Isabel Cristina M Emmerick, Peter Stephens, Dennis Ross-Degnan and Anita K Wagner.
Uptake of new antidiabetic medications in three emerging markets:
a comparison between Brazil, China and Thailand Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2015, 8:7
http://www.joppp.org/content/8/1/7
Article
Christine Y Lu, Caitlin Lupton, Shana Rakowsky, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Dennis Ross-Degnan and Anita K Wagner.
Patient access schemes in Asia-pacific markets: current experience and future potential Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2015, 8:6
www.joppp.org/content/8/1/6
Kind Regards
Zaheer
Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
Head of Pharmacy Practice
Universty of Auckland, New Zealand
<z.babar@auckland.ac.nz>