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
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
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
In Katine, a Coke is easy to buy. Medicine isn't
In Uganda and across Africa people are dying of diseases such as malaria and TB because they can't get the drugs to treat them - Guardian UK
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.
What is causing drug shortages in Uganda?
Sandra Kiapi, of Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA) Uganda, examines the problems in getting the right medicines to the right people at the right time.
Access, quality, transparency and accountability in the health care market place in Uganda
Health care in Uganda in the context of research studies on health rights with a special focus on HIV/AIDS and human rights in sub-Saharan Africa
How the counterfeit bill can negatively affect access to medicines in Uganda
Uganda largely depends on generic medication to treat the sick, but a new Counterfeit Bill may put a stop to the cheaper drugs.
Decline in government financial transparency in the Philippines
The Open Budget Survey 2008, ranks the Philippines 34th and has a two point drop in the index used to measure transparency from when the survey was conducted two years ago.