Portable Screening Devices for Medicine Quality: Putting Power into the Hands of Regulators in Low-Resource Settings
Roth, Susann; Ball, Douglas; Khetrapal, Sonalini | October 2018
Abstract
Across Asia and the Pacific, countries are striving to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)—equitable access to quality medical care without undue financial hardship—in order to meet their population’s right to health. The quality medical care component of UHC relies on accessible and good quality supplies of essential medicines that treat patients as intended, and do not expose them to additional adverse effects. When medicine standards are not upheld, patients are placed in harm’s way, and waste out‑of‑pocket payments. Moreover, the community’s trust in the health-care system is also undermined.
Citation
Roth, Susann; Ball, Douglas; Khetrapal, Sonalini. 2018. Portable Screening Devices for Medicine Quality: Putting Power into the Hands of Regulators in Low-Resource Settings. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8800. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-92-9261-369-3
Print ISBN
978-92-9261-368-6
ISSN
2071-7202 (print)
2218-2675 (electronic)
Keywords
Political Leadership
Public Administration
Traditional Medicine
Medical Statistics
Medical Services
Medical Costs
Health Costs
Medical Aspects
Child Nutrition
Disease Control
Diseases
Drug Policy
Long Term Care Insurance
Medical Costs
Preventive Medicine
Basic Health
Medical Care
Alcohol policy
Hospices
Aged Health
Access to medicine
Good Governance
Governance Approach
Governance Models
World Health Organization
Quality of Health Care
Public Health Finance
Private Health Care
Healthier Families
Nutrition and Health Care
Health Statistics
Health Objectives
Health Issues
Health Care Cost Control
Education, Health and Social Protection
Traditional Medicine
Medical Statistics
Drug Policy
Preventive Medicine
Medical Economics
Civil government
Common good
Federal government
Delivery of government services
Government missions
Taxation
Public health records
Cost of medical care
Nutrition policy
Health status indicators
Elderly Care
Delivery of health care
Medical and health care industry
Health products
Medicine
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