E-drug: Web information sources in The Lancet
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The Lancet, Vol 363, Number 9403, 10 January 2004
[Copied as fair use. HH]
Webwatch - Essential medicines
WHO: Essential Medicines Library
http://mednet3.who.int/eml
Hans Hogerzeil wrote to tell us about WHO's new essential
medicines library, which provides access to WHO materials that
"are otherwise scattered around the various WHO departmental
websites". Highlights include the WHO model list of essential
medicines, organised alphabetically and by therapeutic
category; clinical guidelines; monographs from the international
pharmacopoeia; searchable WHO model formulary; anatomic
therapeutic chemical and defined daily dose classifications; and
price information.
MSF: Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/index.asp
M�decins Sans Fronti�res (MSF) campaigns for universal
access to drugs. This site presents highlights of their efforts to
lower the prices of existing medicines in developing countries;
bring abandoned drugs back into production; stimulate
research and development for neglected diseases; and
overcome other barriers to access. The resources section is
especially strong, with many documents in several languages, a
glossary, and links to non-governmental organisations and
countries in which MSF works.
Satellife: E-Drug Forum
http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug/ about.php
Satellife, a non-profit organisation that provides technology to
assist health professionals working in less-developed countries,
hosts "e-drug" discussion groups. These forums were created
specifically to support people working in essential medicines by
speeding up communication on topics such as rational use of
drugs; drug safety, supply and marketing; and quality
assurance and safety. Active forums are running in English,
French, Spanish, and Russian.
INRUD: International Network for Rational Use of Drugs
http://www.inrud.org
INRUD was developed to help design, test, and disseminate
strategies to improve how drugs are prescribed, dispensed, and
used, especially in resource-poor countries. Its website has a
comprehensive overview of INRUD's activities and a pdf
version of its newsletter.
Marilynn Larkin
e-mail:MLEditor@aol.com
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