Documents et rapports

Quality of tuberculosis care by Indian pharmacies : mystery clients offer new insights (anglais)

For many patients in India, pharmacies are their first point of contact, where most drugs, including antibiotics, can be purchased over-the-counter (OTC). Recent standardised (simulated) patient studies...

Use of Standardized Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study (Vol. 2 of 2) : Supplementary Appendix (anglais)

India’s total antibiotic use is the highest of any country. Patients often receive prescription-only drugs directly from pharmacies. Here the authors aimed to assess the medical advice and drug dispensing...

Use of Standardized Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main Report (anglais)

India’s total antibiotic use is the highest of any country. Patients often receive prescription-only drugs directly from pharmacies. Here the authors aimed to assess the medical advice and drug dispensing...

Small cash rewards for big losers : experimental insights into the fight against the obesity epidemic (anglais)

This paper examines the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, the potential of monetary incentives to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized...

Final report with recommendations for reforming Bulgaria’s pharmaceutical sector (anglais)

This report presents a review of current issues in the pharmaceutical sector in Bulgaria, examining drug policy, regulation, pricing, formulary selection, distribution, expenditure, and to the extent possible...

Primary care for the poor : the potential of micro-health markets to improve care (anglais)

Much of the primary curative care provided to the poor by the private sector occurs not at large hospitals but at small, single-person clinics. While such micro-health providers increase access, questions...

Vietnam - Northern Upland Health Support Project : P082672 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 07 (anglais)

Closing the local skills gap and strengthening the pharmaceutical supply chain in Egypt (anglais)

IFC provided trainers accredited to provide Business Edge management training to SMEs in Novartis' supply chain telemarketers to develop effective sales pitches, pharmacy owners to draft sounder business...

Romania - Pharmaceutical sector analysis (anglais)

Romania has a pharmaceutical market of 5.47 billion lei (1,550 million Euro) in 2006, where the market for prescription drugs was about 4.58 billion lei, of which 80 percent are financed by health insurance...

Vietnam - Central North Region Health Support Project : P095275 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 02 (anglais)

Third Amendment to the MDTF Grant TF057638 Conformed (anglais)

Private sector pharmaceutical supply and distribution channels in Africa : a focus on Ghana, Malawi and Mali (anglais)

Sustainable access to affordable, high-quality medicines is an important component in all health care systems but remains limited in many African countries. Supply and distribution of medicines are a fundamental...

Maldives - Maldives - Integrated Human Development Project : P078523 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 16 (anglais)

Maldives - Integrated Human Development Project : P078523 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 15 (anglais)

Egypt - management and service quality in primary health care facilities in the Alexandria and Menoufia governorates (anglais)

This report provides an assessment of the performance of public primary facilities in the Alexandria and Menoufia governorates. The performance is evaluated against the standards introduced with the Health...

Private sector pharmaceutical supply and distribution chains : Ghana, Mali, and Malawi (anglais)

Sustainable access to affordable, quality medicines is an important component of health care but in many African countries it continues to be limited. Commonly reported problems include poor supply chain...

The pharmaceutical sector of the Western Balkan countries (anglais)

There is a strong political will in the Western Balkan states to align the region's pharmaceutical legislation and practice with that of the European Union. Accordingly, recent policy changes were aimed...

Turkey - Pharmaceutical sector analysis (anglais)

Pharmaceuticals are essential to achieve health outcomes, but are at the same time a major cost factor in every health system. From a patient perspective, access to pharmaceuticals is a proxy for the functioning...

Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ? (anglais)

The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan (China)--and the recent reforms to them provide many potentially valuable lessons to East...

Pharmaceuticals: cost containment, pricing, reimbursement (anglais)

In virtually every country in the world, governments, social security fund managers and health insurers are struggling with ever increasing drug bills. This note explains cost drivers, provides insights...