Ensure Equal Access to Medicine
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 [...]
Stop stock-outs campaign partners will from Monday 22 to Friday 26 June 2009 visit public health institutions to survey the stock-out of essential medicines in five African countries. The week dubbed ‘pill check week’ will involve each country team visiting government health facilities in their countries and using a list of 10 essential medicines, check for [...]
On 4-6 May 2009, Oxfam and Health Action International (HAI) Africa convened 30 civil society organizations (CSOs) and policy-makers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to examine strategies for reducing stock-outs of medicines in public health facilities, and improving access to essential medicines in Africa. The workshop was held prior to the Fourth Conference of African Ministers [...]
We are please to announce the launch of www.stopstockouts.org the official website of the Stop The Stock-outs campaign. www.stopstockouts.org is a valuable resource in our campaign to fight for essential medicines for all. www.stopstockouts.org will carry regular features and updates on the Stop The Stock-outs campaign; will keep you informed on campaign events; feature case [...]
Calling for the elimination of medicine stock-outs in public health facilities One-third of the world population cannot regularly access the essential medicines they need. The most affected are populations in Africa, where availability and price are the biggest barriers to access. At any time, public health facilities in Africa have in stock only about half [...]
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