Strong Supply Chains Transform Public Health: By ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of medicines and commodities, supply chains support healthy populations and regional health security
Donato, Sean; Parry, Jane; Roth, Susann | November 2016
Abstract
Health commodity supply chains are a critical element of a well-functioning health system and a vital input to advancing national and regional health security goals. Health security is a key issue in Asia and the Pacific due to the region’s vulnerability to the threat of emerging communicable diseases, particularly zoonoses (diseases transmitted from animals), vector-borne diseases, and drug-resistant pathogens. This vulnerability has been demonstrated in recent years by outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome, avian influenza, and more recently pandemic influenza. The development of artemisinin-resistant malaria in remote areas in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the increasing spread of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis and other drug-resistant pathogens further highlight the threats posed by infectious diseases and the need to achieve a well-functioning medicines supply chain, particularly to achieve malaria elimination.
Citation
Donato, Sean; Parry, Jane; Roth, Susann. 2016. Strong Supply Chains Transform Public Health: By ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of medicines and commodities, supply chains support healthy populations and regional health security. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9026. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-92-9257-654-7
Print ISBN
978-92-9257-653-0
ISSN
2071-7202 (Print)
2218-2675 (e-ISSN)
Keywords
World Health Organization
Quality of Healthcare
Partnerships in Health Reform
Health
Intraregional Trade
Regional Trade
Trade
Health Standards
Healthcare Cost Control
Healthcare Access
World Trade Organization
Trade Restrictions
Trade Negotiations
Trade Liberalization
Trade Barriers
Urban Population
Traditional Medicine
Medical Statistics
Drug Policy
Preventive Medicine
Medical Economics
Preferential tariffs
Tariff negotiations
Protectionist measures
Tariff agreements
Health status indicators
Medical and Healthcare industry
Vaccination
Delivery of medical care
Foreign trade regulation
Health products
Supply Chain
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