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Missing data on accessibility of children's medicines/Manque de donnees sur l'accessibilite aux medicaments pediatriques/Faltan datos sobre la accesibilidad de los medicamentos pediatricos

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2022-10, Vol.100 (10), p.636 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2022 World Health Organization ;ISSN: 0042-9686 ;EISSN: 1564-0604 ;DOI: 10.2471/BLT.22.288137

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  • Title:
    Missing data on accessibility of children's medicines/Manque de donnees sur l'accessibilite aux medicaments pediatriques/Faltan datos sobre la accesibilidad de los medicamentos pediatricos
  • Author: Joosse, Iris R ; Mantel-Teeuwisse, Aukje K ; Wirtz, Veronika J ; Suleman, Fatima ; van den Ham, Hendrika A
  • Subjects: Children ; Data entry ; Diseases ; Drugs ; Physical instruments ; Surveys ; Sustainable development
  • Is Part Of: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2022-10, Vol.100 (10), p.636
  • Description: Child-appropriate medicines are essential for the safe and effective treatment of children, yet we have observed a large gap in the data required to adequately monitor access to these medicines. We have examined data on the availability and pricing of child-appropriate medicines across 50 surveys. Child-appropriate medicines for nine out of 12 priority diseases in children were infrequently surveyed or not at all. A similar data deficit on age-appropriate medicines is detectable in the broader scientific literature. We also note that existing instruments for collecting data on the availability or prices of medicines are limited in their ability to generate the required data for children. We have identified four priorities as key for improved monitoring of access to medicines for children: (i) dedicated child medicine surveys are needed on availability and prices of child-appropriate medicines; (ii) standardized survey instruments should include age-appropriate medicines and dosages; (iii) health facility service readiness survey tools should include the collection of data on the price of child-appropriate medicines in addition to the availability of medicines; and (iv) sustainable development goal indicator 3.b.3 should be modified to enable the monitoring of access to medicines for children. These deficiencies need to be addressed to ensure the monitoring of access to child medicines as part of the sustainable development goal agenda for 2030 and to implement appropriate interventions for improving access for this vulnerable population.
  • Publisher: World Health Organization
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0042-9686
    EISSN: 1564-0604
    DOI: 10.2471/BLT.22.288137
  • Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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    ProQuest Central
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