Comparative assessment of medicine procurement prices in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Rawan Saadeh¹  Richard Laing¹  Catherine Vialle-Valentin¹  Joske Bunders¹  Maisa Al Sakit¹  Margaret Ewen¹  Akihiro Seita¹ 

[1] Health Action International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

关键词: UNRWA;    Medicines;    Procurement;    Prices;   

DOI  :  10.1186/2052-3211-7-13

学科分类：药理学

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Objectives

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the main primary healthcare provider for 4.9 million Palestinian refugees, spent USD18.3 million on essential medicines dispensed free-of-charge through clinics in five areas of operation (‘fields’): Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank (2010). Faced with budget contraints and an increasing demand for medicines to treat chronic conditions, the objective of our study was to assess UNRWA’s medicine procurement prices to see if savings could be possible.

【 授权许可】

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