Prescribing and dispensing practices for medicines used to treat non-communicable diseases in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Rejoice F Ngongoni (Author), Geliang Gan (Author), Yanhong Deng (Author), Gidio Agaba (Author), Ann R Akiteng (Author), Jeremy I Schwartz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasingly prevalent in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) and accessibility of medicines is essential for the management of these conditions. In Uganda, although many NCD medicines are now included in the national essential medicines lis...