Spotlight on experiences of medicine unavailability: access to medicines challenges for NCDs and NTDs - the contrasting cases of insulin and praziquantel

Wells, Nadya Christina; Chappuis, François; Beran, David Henri

doi:10.1080/17512433.2020.1740589

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English

Spotlight on experiences of medicine unavailability: access to medicines challenges for NCDs and NTDs - the contrasting cases of insulin and praziquantel

ContributorsWells, Nadya Christina; Chappuis, François; Beran, David Henri

Published inExpert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 341-353

Publication date2020

Abstract

Effective medicines exist to address global health challenges including Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) and Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) however these are often unavailable and unaffordable. To date, little literature exists comparing medicine unavailability across broad disease areas.

Keywords

Access to medicines
Diabetes
Global health
Global health governance
Insulin
NCDs
NTDs
Praziquantel
Schistosomiasis
UHC

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

Citation (ISO format)

WELLS, Nadya Christina, CHAPPUIS, François, BERAN, David Henri. Spotlight on experiences of medicine unavailability: access to medicines challenges for NCDs and NTDs - the contrasting cases of insulin and praziquantel. In: Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 2020, vol. 13, n° 4, p. 341–353. doi: 10.1080/17512433.2020.1740589

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PID : unige:144238
DOI : 10.1080/17512433.2020.1740589
PMID : 32155094

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512433.2020.1740589

Journal ISSN1751-2433

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Spotlight on experiences of medicine unavailability: access to medicines challenges for NCDs and NTDs - the contrasting cases of insulin and praziquantel

Effective medicines exist to address global health challenges including Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) and Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) however these are often unavailable and unaffordable. To date, little literature exists comparing medicine unavailability across broad disease areas.

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