improving access to medicines

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Hello All,

The last topic has ended on a very good note with the assurance that we as members of health care will finally be able to actively take part in giving meaningful health care. I would like to discuss access to medicines as a part of rational use of medicines.

Why this topic of access to medicines is being discussed?

There are several aspects which can be brought forth on this issue. In most economically developed countries the patients get medicines from national health services. It is the less developed countries where the access to medicines is a problem since the patients have to pay out of pocket for their health needs.

And because of this reason the patients do not get the medicines that are needed by them.

But is price the only hindrance for accessibility?

What other factors affect the accessibility of medicines to the needy?

Is it education, understanding, lack of proper procurement, distribution, storage or legal framework? I do not want to discuss the WHO stand, the national policies or the reports from net which are sometimes very impersonal.

I would like to make this discussion a bit different. Give us findings from your own hospital, workplace, institution about the accessibility of medicines to the common man

Let us have your own views, experiences, on this subject.

And then probably we would come to some conclusion as to what is lacking and how it can be rectified.

kunda.

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