Essential medicines for universal health coverage

Essential medicines for universal health coverage

Essential medicines satisfy the priority health-care needs of the population. Essential medicines policies are crucial to promoting health and achieving sustainable development. Sustainable Development Goal 3.8 specifically mentions the importance of "access to safe, effective, quality and affo...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2017-01, Vol.389 (10067), p.403-476
Hauptverfasser: Wirtz, Veronika J, Dr, Hogerzeil, Hans V, Prof, Gray, Andrew L, MSc, Bigdeli, Maryam, PhD, de Joncheere, Cornelis P, PharmD, Ewen, Margaret A, Dip Pharm, Gyansa-Lutterodt, Martha, MA, Jing, Sun, PhD, Luiza, Vera L, PhD, Mbindyo, Regina M, MBA, Möller, Helene, PhD, Moucheraud, Corrina, ScD, Pécoul, Bernard, MPH, Rägo, Lembit, PhD, Rashidian, Arash, Prof, Ross-Degnan, Dennis, ScD, Stephens, Peter N, PhD, Teerawattananon, Yot, PhD, t Hoen, Ellen F M, LLM, Wagner, Anita K, PhD, Yadav, Prashant, PhD, Reich, Michael R, Prof
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Sprache:eng
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Conservation of Natural Resources
Developing Countries
Drug Costs
Drugs, Essential - economics
Drugs, Essential - standards
Drugs, Essential - supply & distribution
Health care access
Health care expenditures
Health Expenditures
Health promotion
Human rights
Humans
Internal Medicine
Pharmaceutical industry
Product development
Sustainability
Sustainable development
The Lancet Commissions
Universal Health Insurance
World Health Organization
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Zusammenfassung:Essential medicines satisfy the priority health-care needs of the population. Essential medicines policies are crucial to promoting health and achieving sustainable development. Sustainable Development Goal 3.8 specifically mentions the importance of "access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all" as a central component of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and Sustainable Development Goal 3.b emphasises the need to develop medicines to address persistent treatment gaps.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31599-9