Integrating global and national knowledge to select medicines for children: the Ghana National Drugs Programme.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23704834.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001449 and PMC identifier 3660441.
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Abstract
David Sinclair and colleagues discuss their experience at the Ghana National Drugs Programme reviewing the international evidence base for five priority pediatric medicines and report that applying the global recommendations to Ghana was not straightforward for any of the five medicines. <i>Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary</i>
Medical subject headings
- Child Health Services
- Decision Support Techniques
- Drug Information Services
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Patient Selection
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'