General Resources
These resources relate to the issues that MeTA is concerned with, both internally and externally produced. Clicking on one of the links may take you away from the MeTA website, to the source of that information.
Medicine Pricing Matters Issue 4
This issue includes interesting articles on pricing policy reforms in China and the establishment of retail outlets in India that sell only unbranded generics.
Talking the Walk: A communication manual for partnership practicioners
The Partnering Initiative (TPI) – a global programme of the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) – is now widely regarded by all sectors for promoting rigour and good practice in cross-sector partnering for sustainable development.
Talking the Walk: A Communication Manual for Partnership Practitioners is the fourth in the series.
Medicine prices, availability, and affordability in 36 developing and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis
Medicines account for 20–60% of health spending in developing and transitional countries, compared with 18% in countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Up to 90% of the population in developing countries purchase medicines through out-of-pocket payments, making medicines the largest family expenditure item after food. As a result, medicines are unaffordable for large sections of the global population and are a major burden on government budgets.
The article was published in December 2008 in the Lancet.Published online December 1, 2008
Untangling the Web of Antiretroviral Price Reductions
The 11th edition of this report shows the evolution of ARV prices and highlights the continuing gaps in treatments needed for patients in developing countries. Also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese.