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The availability and affordability of essential medicines for non-communicable diseases in Sri Lanka

  • In: Posters: Community Pharmacy: Access to medicines
  • At: Bangkok (Thailand) (2014)
  • Type: Poster
  • Poster code: POS-CPS005
  • By: DABARE, Panthihage Ruvini (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Allied Health Sciences, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka)
  • Co-author(s): Wanigatunge, Chandani (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka)
    Beneragama, Hemantha (Division of Medical Technology and Supplies,Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
  • Abstract:

    Background: Every patient has a right to access medicine. Low availability and low affordability of drugs are issues that deny this right to a significant population. The aim of study was to investigate the availability and affordability of essential medicines (EM) prescribed to treat non communicable diseases (NCD) in Sri Lanka (SL). Setting:

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