Medicine donations: a review of policies and practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To help promote the effective delivery of drug donations, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Guidelines for Medicine Donations. The need for revisions is timely given the large-scale influx of medicine donations since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study analyses current policies of donors and recipients that are commensurate with the recommendations in the Guidelines and examines current practices, challenges, and revision suggestions.

Results

A search for medicine donation policies of donors and recipients was conducted in May/June 2022 and repeated in January 2023. Potential donor countries were identified from the high-income countries on the United Nation's (UN) List of G20 Countries. Potential pharmaceutical company donors were selec

SUBMITTER: Permaul Flores H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10474724 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature