This policy includes the following sections: a situational analysis of drug selection; drug procurement, storage and distribution; drug financing; quality assurance; local manufacture of pharmaceutical and traditional medicinal products; rational drug use; global trade and pharmaceuticals; emerging diseases and pharmaceuticals; human resource development for drug management; traditional medicinal products; research and development; and implementation of the policy
This article reviews the experiences of the previous decade in order to identify which interventions to address the problems of inappropriate prescribing have proven effective in developing countries, and suggests a range of policy options for health planners and managers
