Pharmaceutical Policy in Countries with Developing Healthcare Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis, 2017.
• Subjects: Pharmacy.; Public health.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319516738
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51673-8
• Physical Description: XII, 430 p. 36 illus., 33 illus. in color. online resource.

A comprehensive and granular insight into the challenges of promoting rational medicine, this book serves as an essential resource for health policy makers and researchers interested in national medicines policies. Country-specific chapters have a common format, beginning with an overview of the hea...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• Section I: Low and Lower Middle Income Countries
• 2. Pharmaceutical Policy in the East African Community: Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania
• 3. Pharmaceutical Policy in Pakistan
• 4. Pharmaceutical Policy in Philippines
• 5. Pharmaceutical Policy in Vietnam
• Section II: Upper Middle Income Countries
• 6. Pharmaceutical Policy in Argentina
• 7. Pharmaceutical Policy in Brazil
• 8. Pharmaceutical Policy In Bulgaria
• 9. Pharmaceutical Policy in China
• 10. Pharmaceutical Policy in Colombia
• 11. Pharmaceutical Policy in Ecuador
• 12. Pharmaceutical Policy in Jordan
• 13. Pharmaceutical Policy in Russia
• 14. Pharmaceutical Policy in South Africa
• Section III: High Income Countries
• 15. Pharmaceutical Policy in Poland
• 16. Pharmaceutical Policy in Saudi Arabia
• 17. Pharmaceutical Policy in Trinidad and Tobago
• 18. Pharmaceutical Policy in United Arab Emirates
• Section IV: Further Perspectives
• 19. 'Repurposing' Medicines: a Case for Low- and Middle-Income Countries with Developing Healthcare Systems
• 20. Pharmaceutical Policy in Countries with Developing Healthcare Systems: Synthesis of Country Case Studies.