General Resources
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Transparent "Call for Interest" for individuals wishing to join the UNITAID review committee
Technical experts invited to join review team for project proposals to improve access to medicines for HIV, malaria and TB. (Scroll down for details)
Australia to provide better access to prescription medicine information
Australia makes prescription medicine product information and consumer medicine information available on Therapeutic Goods Administration website.
Distributing medicine worldwide
Panel considers McGill’s collaborative role in global accessibility initiatives
Pharma manufacturers in Ghana
Calls on the Government to adopt measures to develop the capacity of local pharma companies and help improve access to medicines.
Ghanaian civil society wakes up to the threat of fake medicines
A new partnership focuses on patient-centred regulation and policymaking to address medicine and health care access and quality issues in Ghana.
Africa: text messages highlight drug stock-outs
Stop the Stock-Outs campaign activists in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia use text messaging to report stock-outs of essential medicines - IRIN
Essential Medicines Monitor - WHO
WHO has re-launched Essential Drugs Monitor as an electronic newsletter, offering an international perspective on medicines issues.
Improving management of childhood malaria in Nigeria and Uganda by improving practices of patent medicine vendors
A description of exploratory models being used in Nigeria and Uganda to improve the practices of patent medicine vendors in relation to child survival.
Africa: text messages highlight drug stock-outs
Stop the Stock-Outs campaign activists in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia use text messaging to report stock-outs of essential medicines - IRIN
Indian initiative to increase access to medicines for the poor
The Indian district of Chittorgarh increases access to medicines for the very poor with an initiative to sell generic drugs at cost price.