Useful Resources:

From time to time the course instructor will list additional resources here such as books, articles, or web sites of interest. Students are also invited to contribute to this resource list.

British National Formulary Web site http://bnf.org/

Promoting Rational Drug Use Training Course Web site http://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/prdu/default.html

Websites:
Suggestions are welcome for websites to be added to this list.

New Zealand Drug Prices updated continiously http://www.pharmac.govt.nz/pharm/index.html

Bi-Regional Working Group Meeting on Hospital Pharmaceutical & Therapeutic Committee and Drug Information Service Meeting in Penang Malaysia

INRUD News The International Network for Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD) is pleased to announce that INRUD News is now available on the Web. INRUD News is published twice a year, and over 3,000 copies are distributed free worldwide. Contents include updates on INRUD global activities, country and support Group reports, reports on meetings and workshops, research briefs, samples of E-Drug communications, and   references of articles on rational drug use.
You can subscribe to INRUD News and read current and past issues by clicking on the newsletter icon at the following Web site address:

http://www.msh.org/inrud/

Useful Web site related to Drug Utilization review
Randy Trinkles Site http://www.rupert.net/~rtrinkle/dur.htm

PharmWeb Site http://www.pharmweb.net/

WHO Essential Drugs and Other Medicines Site http://www.who.int/medicines/

South African Standard Treatment Guidelines http://www.sadap.org.za/edl/

International Conference on Improving the Use of Medicines State of the Art and Future Directions Chiang Mai, Thailand 1 to 4 April 1997  http://www.who.org/dap-icium/index.html

http://www.house.gov/berry/prescriptiondrugs/studies.htm House of Representatives Prescription Drug Task Force This is a web site of links created by representative  Marion Berry the only pharmacist in the House of Representatives

Other US Pharmaceutical Web Site Links

Additional readings, references, etc.

New Internationalist Edition on essential Drugs http://www.oneworld.org/ni/issue272/contents.html

HAI-EUROPE PUBLICATIONS LIST October 1998 PUBLICATIONS

TALC Health and Pharmacy Libraries  http://www.rgp.man.ac.uk/gp/talc/library.htm

WHO ESSENTIAL DRUGS MONITOR 20 EDITORIAL on Good prescribing: lifetime skills http://www.who.int/medicines/monitor/edm20a.html

Concentration Papers
Boston University School of Public Health Department of International Health
Drug Use Studies in Eritrean Health Facilities Embaye Andom
September 1999

PROMOTING RATIONAL USE OF DRUGS AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN INDONESIA  ARUSTIYONO

USE OF DRUGS IN SIND PROVINCE PAKISTAN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES BY KHALIL MEMON CONCENTRATION PAPER FOR MPH AT  BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Dissertations from other Schools of Public Health

Improving access to antiretroviral drugs in developing countries: constraints and strategies. Helena Anna Walkowiak, B.Pharm.  Submitted in partial fulfilment of the Masters of Science in Public Health in Developing Countries London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK September 1999

Geneva  1999 Meeting on Compulsory Licensing

Click here for Global Issues of Access to Pharmaceuticals and Effects of Patents.  Presentation by Richard Laing, Geneva, March 26, 1999

Click here if you would like to download the Power Point file:
Global Issues of Access to Pharmaceuticals and Effects of Patents.  Presentation by Richard Laing, Geneva, March 26, 1999.

Click here if you would like to view the Power Point presentation:
Power Point Presentation of Global Issues of Access to Pharmaceuticals and Effects of Patents.   Presentation by Richard Laing, Geneva, March 26, 1999.

Click here if you want to download a transcript of the talk given by Richard Laing

Durban 2000 International AIDS Conference

Click here to download Comparative Anti Retro Viral Price Lists

Click here for PowerPoint Presentation made in Debate on Compulsory and Parallel Importing

Click here for an HTML presentation of Slides used in debate

Click here for a zipped version of the Power Point presentation

 

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