The availability and affordability of selected essential medicines for chronic diseases in six low- and middle-income countries

• Main Authors: Shanti Mendis (Author), Keiko Fukino (Author), Alexandra Cameron (Author), Richard Laing (Author), Anthonio Filipe Jr (Author), Oussama Khatib (Author), Jerzy Leowski (Author), Margaret Ewen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the availability and affordability of medicines used to treat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and glaucoma and to provide palliative cancer care in six low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: A survey of the availability and price of 32 medicines...