Accrediting retail drug shops to strengthen Tanzania’s public health system: an ADDO case study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Rachel Lieber¹  Hiiti Sillo¹  Edmund Rutta¹  Jafary Liana¹  Martha Embrey¹  Suleiman Kimatta¹  Elizabeth Shekalaghe¹  Keith Johnson¹  Richard Valimba¹ 

[1] Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, VA USA

关键词: Private sector;    Drug sellers;    Accreditation;    Medicines;    Tanzania;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40545-015-0044-4

学科分类：药理学

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Introduction

Retail drug sellers are a major source of health care and medicines in many countries. In Tanzania, drug shops are widely used, particularly in rural and underserved areas. Previously, the shops were allowed to sell only over-the-counter medicines, but sellers who were untrained and unqualified often illegally sold prescription drugs of questionable quality.

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