Access to and use of medicines in the Annapurna region of Western Nepal and possible impacting factors.

ABSTRACT: Improving access to medicines is a major healthcare challenge for low-income countries because the problem traverses health systems, society and multiple stakeholders. The Annapurna region of Nepal provides a valuable case study to investigate the interplay between medicines, society and health systems and their effects on access to and use of medicines. Government health facilities and international aid organizations provide some healthcare in the region, communities participate actively in healthcare organization and delivery, there is an important tourism sector and a mostly rural society. This study investigates access to and use of medicines through health facility and household-based studies using standardised tools and through a series of structured key informant interviews with var

SUBMITTER: K C B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547500 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature