Stakeholder roles in facilitating access to essential medicines

Medicines policies are critical components of all health care systems.1 Access to medicines has become a central issue in government healthcare agendas worldwide, as the global population continues to age and pharmaceutical expenditures rise. Current solutions to basic health care, including safe and affordable access to medicines, are inconsistent and inadequate in many areas of the world.2 The World Health Organisation (WHO) refers to the ‘global drug gap’, as approximately one third of the global population, and 50% in the poorest parts of Asia and Africa, without access to basic medicines3.

Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - May 4, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mai H. Duong, Rebekah J. Moles, Betty Chaar, Timothy F. Chen Source Type: research