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NIGERIA: Seizure of drug shipment threatens ARV access
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HEALTH-KENYA: Drug Shortages Threaten Public Health
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Chronic drug shortage crippling EA health centres
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The Essential Medicines Concept
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“Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs for the population. They are selected with due regard to disease prevalence, evidence on efficacy and safety, and comparative cost effectiveness. Essential medicines are intended to be available within the context of functioning health systems at all times, in adequate amounts, in the appropriate [...]
Campaign statement – Thursday, 19th March 2009
June 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
Access to essential medicines is a human right and a cornerstone of an effective primary health care system. Access to free essential medicines determines whether people live or die, suffer pain and discomfort or have their ailments cured, recover from illness or endure life-long disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines essential medicines as “those [...]
Kenyan team organizes two public forums
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The Kenya ‘Stop- stock out’ campaign team is organizing two public forums to spread out the campaign message to the people on the ground as well as to create better awareness of stock outs and unavailability of essential medicines around the country. The public forums will be held on 23 June in the coastal city [...]
Which essential medicines for common diseases are experiencing stock outs in your country?
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Margaret Fondo
June 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
When we spoke to Margaret Fondo, a primary school teacher in Takaungu sub-location in Coast Province, she was deeply concerned about the availability of medicines in the area. As a teacher, the 44 year-old mother had a medical allowance which paid for most of the treatment that Margaret and her family of four needed. However, [...]
Onyango Wambia
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Onyango Wambia is a small-scale farmer from Lela village in Kisumu district, in the western part of Kenya. Although Onyango is diabetic, he rarely uses medicine because he cannot afford to buy the prescribed regimen. How does he then manage his condition? “This is what I use for diabetes,” he says peeling off a clove [...]
A booklet on the struggle for access to essential medicines in East and Southern Africa released
June 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
Access to essential medicines remains a major challenge in most African countries. For the majority of Africans, essential medicines remain largely unavailable and inaccessible. Factors affecting availability and affordability range from corruption to lack of proper planning that result in stock-outs of medicines for diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, as well as common and [...]
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