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.
Survey of the quality of selected antimalarial medicines circulating in Madagascar, Senegal, and Uganda
First findings from a study by WHO and the Drug Quality and Information Program on the quality of key antimalarial medicines in Sub-Saharan African countries
Why transparency, governance and corruption matter, and what we can all do about it
Ideas, findings, current events and initiatives on governance, corruption and capture around the world
Transparency, disclosure and sunshine: the global push for stakeholder accountability
Pharmaceutical and medical device companies are being challenged to explain critical components of their business model
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.
Southern Med Review : An International Journal to Promote Medicine Use and Access Research
- special issue on access to medicines, pricing and generics
The Management Sciences for Health (MSH) International Price Indicator Guide
The Management Sciences for Health (MSH) International Price Indicator Guide is an important asset for benchmarking procurement prices.
Keeping it real - combatting the spread of fake drugs in poor countries
International Policy Network report on protecting the world's poor from fake medicines (Also available in Spanish)
The struggle for access to essential medicines in East and Southern Africa
Short stories from East and Southern Africa about the difficulties that ordinary people face in accessing essential medicines.
Policy briefs as a communication tool for development research
Policy briefs are short documents that present the findings and recommendations of a research project to a non-specialist readership.