Medicine quality and methods for its assessment play a major role in the effectiveness of
therapies and the treatment of many infectious diseases. However, poor-quality and/or …

Background Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality in
low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Oxytocin and misoprostol are used for the …

Introduction The rapid globalisation of the pharmaceutical production and distribution has
not been supported by harmonisation of regulatory systems worldwide. Thus, the supply …

The quality of medicines is generally adequately assured by manufacturers and regulatory
authorities for well-resourced settings, while the implementation of existing quality standards …

Background: Substandard and falsified (SF) medical products are removed from circulation
through a process called 'product recall'by medicines regulatory agencies. In Zambia, the …

Medicines have been developed and have become globalized at a pace faster than
traditional medical education can keep up. Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and advanced …

SURG-AFRICA AND ANESTHESIA CAPACITY IN MALAWI, TANZANIA, AND ZAMBIA In the
SURG-Africa study by Gajewski et al7 published in this edition of Anesthesia & Analgesia …

Substandard antibiotics are thought to be a major threat to public health in developing
countries and a cause of antimicrobial resistance. However, assessing quality outside of a …

Objective To obtain the perspectives of some small-and medium-sized organizations on the
World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification programme for medicines and to …

Ethe OPEN MIND society, and local and international health actors around access to
medicines, specifically, has fostered a productive response to these global health …