The availability and affordability of selected essential medicines for chronic diseases in six low- and middle-income countries

The availability and affordability of selected essential medicines for chronic diseases in six low- and middle-income countries

OBJECTIVE: To assess the availability and affordability of medicines used to treat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and glaucoma and to provide palliative cancer care in six low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: A survey of the availability and price of 32 medicines...

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Main Authors:	Shanti Mendis, Keiko Fukino, Alexandra Cameron, Richard Laing, Anthonio Filipe Jr, Oussama Khatib, Jerzy Leowski, Margaret Ewen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The World Health Organization 2007-04-01
Series:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000400013&lng=en&tlng=en

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