Comparing the prices of medicines across borders is an intellectual challenge for academics, a profitable business for consultants and a difficult issue for pharmaceuticals companies. Growing concern is appetite for the practice among healthcare systems in richer and poorer countries like. Recent efforts by the Chinese government to step up scrutiny of drug prices reflects [...]
The concept of ‘Equity in Health’ is not only new but the model to implement health equity which raises level of poor, decrease gap between rich and vulnerable is absolutely creative. It is the first of its type in the national history. Even in the regional context this model is unique and gives boost to [...]
At the launch of the "World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage", WHO today called on countries to continue investing in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage tailored to each individual country’s situation. With universal health coverage, countries can help ensure that citizens obtain the health services [...]
A new study suggests alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack MOST people would agree that some drugs are worse than others: heroin is probably considered to be more dangerous than marijuana, for instance. Because governments formulate criminal and social policies based upon classifications of harm, a new study published by the Lancet makes interesting reading. Researchers [...]
