A systematic scoping review of medicine availability and affordability in Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The most recent World Medicines Situation Report published in 2011 found substantial medicine availability and affordability challenges across WHO regions, including Africa. Since publication of the 2011 report, medicine availability and affordability has risen on the international agenda and was included in the Sustainable Development Goals as Target 3.8. While numerous medicine availability and affordability studies have been conducted in Africa since the last World Medicines Situation Report, there has not been a systematic analysis of the methods used in these studies, measures of medicine availability and affordability, categories of medicines studied, or geographic distribution. Filling this knowledge gap can help inform future medicine availability and affordabili

SUBMITTER: Lane J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10792840 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature