Title: Improving access to pharmaceuticals in Brazil and Argentina

Authors: Homedes, Nْria and Ugalde, Antonio

Year: 2006

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: 21(2006)2

PAGE: 123--131

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: medical care, essential drugs, health programmes, brazil, argentina

Abstract: The population of many Latin American countries is having increasing difficulty in accessing needed medicines. This article reports on two country-wide programmes, in Brazil and Argentina, which both were successful in increasing access to needed pharmaceuticals.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/21/2/123.pdf

Document type: Portal