A new approach to gathering pharmaceutical market data to support policy implementation and access to medicines: as demonstrated by malaria medicines in Zambia

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Renia Coghlan, Peter Stephens, Bernice Mwale, Makomani Siyanga
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Subjects: Medicines; Pharmaceuticals; Market dynamics; Market structure; Pharmaceutical market data; Private sector; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Pillar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2594-9; https://doaj.org/article/02953c8cb87043b2a04c2233c5ee3d75

Abstract Background The steady supply of quality, affordable medicines is a pillar of a functioning health system. In addition to the public sector, the private, mission and not-for-profit sectors often serve a large part of the population in Africa. However, while there is generally systematic reco...