Availability; provision and use of drugs: exemplary research protocol; research results and their implementation

ABSTRACT

This is the first in a five-volume series published by the Joint HSR Project. It deals with problems in availability; provision and use of essential drugs and discusses four studies on this issue; which were carried out in four different countries Ghana; Malawi; Mauritius and Zambia. Part One contains the exemplary research protocol based on the study done in Mauritius. Parts Two to Four involve all four country studies and discuss the methodologies used; results; recommendations and their implementation respectively. The series should enable other researchers in developing their own studies on availability; provision and use of drugs