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Building Writing Capacity for Better Standard Treatment Guidelines in Pharmaceutical Management - In each health system, standard treatment guidelines (STGs) are neededto clearly describe what types of treatment methods are necessary to assist health practitioners in making the correct decision when treating a patient. Without them, the patient could face poor health care. Read more>>
Strengthening Pharmaceutical Management in Afghanistan - When donors and aid organizations returned to Afghanistan in early 2002, they found a lack of essential pharmaceuticals and poor practices in using what medicines were available. Since then, several assessments have confirmed the existence of products of unacceptable quality, inadequate access to lifesaving medicines, and irrational prescribing and use.
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Helping Hospitals Manage Medicines (Story on USAID/Afghanistan Website) - Drug and Thereapeutic Committees give doctors, administrators, and pharmacists tools to make better use of drugs, improving patient care. Read more >>
Reports, Presentations & Publications
- Strengthening Afghanistan's Pharmaceutical System: Opportunities and Challenges (presentation for 10th Annual Global Health Mini-University) [PDF-2MB]
- Afghanistan Technical Report: Interim Findings and Conclusions of Drug Financing [PDF-99KB]
- Afghanistan Drug and Therapeutics Committees and Training of Trainers Course: Detailed Training Report [PDF-2MB]
- Afghanistan Medicine Use Study: A Survey of 28 Health Facilities in 5 Provinces [PDF-965KB]
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Last Updated: 05 January 2012
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