Most health system strengthening interventions ignore interconnections between systems
components. In particular, complex relationships between medicines and health financing …

Informal health care providers (IPs) comprise a significant component of health systems in
developing nations. Yet little is known about the most basic characteristics of performance …

Worldwide, antimicrobial resistance is increasing rapidly and is associated with misuse of
antimicrobials. The HATUA study (a broader 3-country study) investigated the antibiotic …

The private for-profit sector's prominence in health-care delivery, and concern about its
failures to deliver social benefit, has driven a search for interventions to improve the sector's …

Medicine sellers are widely used for fever and malaria treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, but
concerns surround the appropriateness of drugs and information provided. There is …

What is known and Objective: The overall volume of antibiotic consumption in the community
is one of the foremost causes of antimicrobial resistance. In developing countries like India …

Background: Falsified medicines are deliberately fraudulent drugs that pose a direct risk to
patient health and undermine healthcare systems, causing global morbidity and mortality …

Self-medication is very common especially in developing countries and is documented to be
associated with many health risks including antibiotic resistance. This study investigated the …

Background Research on health care utilization in low income countries suggests that
patients frequently bypass PHC facilities in favour of higher-level hospitals-despite …

Background Specialized drug shops such as pharmacies and drug shops are increasingly
becoming important sources of treatment. However, knowledge on their regulatory …