The National Essential Medicines List (NEML) of the Dominican Republic had not been updated since 2005. Over the course of 2012 and 2013, some therapeutic groups and specific lists of disease control programs, such as HIV and tuberculosis, were revised, but they were not consolidated and validated as a national list. In May 2014 the … Read more
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Fighting AMR in Resource-Limited Settings: Experiences in Swaziland
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the ability of existing medications to successfully treat common infectious diseases. As microorganisms become resistant to standard treatment, patients remain infectious for longer and increase the risk of spreading the resistant microorganisms. More expensive therapies need to be used for a longer duration to tackle the disease increasing the burden on … Read more
Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance with Pre-Service Training
The irrational use of medicines, a major driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is often perpetuated by those who should be best able to stop it—health care professionals such as doctors and pharmacists. This, of course, raises an important question: why do health care professionals continue to practice potentially harmful behaviors? In many cases, the answer … Read more
L’appui de SIAPS au Ministère de la Santé Publique pour améliorer l’accès aux 13 médicaments qui sauvent les vies des femmes et des enfants en République Démocratique du Congo
Cyrille Massamba, Technical Advisor, SIAPS; Suzanne Diarra, Senior Technical Advisor, SIAPS Read this article in English Convertir en PDF La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), partie prenante de la stratégie mondiale du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies visant à relever le défi d’améliorer l’accès universel aux 13 médicaments qui sauvent les vies des femmes et … Read more
Saving Lives of Women and Newborns by Improving Access to Essential Maternal Health Commodities
Originally written by Suzanne Diarra and Maheen Malik on the MSH at Women Deliver 2013 Blog. For many women and newborns in developing countries, pregnancy and childbirth can be life-threatening. Ensuring access to essential high quality medicines and supplies across the continuum of care is often a hidden part of the solution. Safe and effective … Read more
Access to and Quality of Maternal Health Medicines and Care
“Respectful maternal care was said to be more than just a means to an end, and can be framed as several issues: human rights, quality of care, equity and public health,” Jocalyn Clark, senior editor of PLoS Medicine, noted on the final day of the 2013 Global Maternal Health Conference (GMHC). Quality of care seems … Read more
Estimation of the Unmet Need for Essential Maternal Health Medicines
Malik M. (2013, January). Estimation of unmet need for essential maternal health medicines. Oral presentation at the Global Maternal Health Conference Arusha, Tanzania.
SIAPS to Present at 2013 Global Maternal Health Conference
*Read an update on the conference here. Approximately 800 women die every day from preventable causes associated with pregnancy and childbirth, according to the World Health Organization. But many of these deaths can be prevented with access to adequate health services with skilled health providers administering essential medicines and supplies to patients. SIAPS’ work on … Read more
SIAPS Presents at Antimicrobial Resistance Meeting
SIAPS’ Dr. Mohan P. Joshi, Principal Technical Advisor, was invited to present at the Treatment for Tomorrow: Finding Breakthrough Innovations for Tackling Antibiotic Resistance meeting which was organized by ReAct and Duke University and took place in Durham, North Carolina from December 6-8, 2012. The meeting focused on sharing experiences and discussing possibilities on where … Read more
Improving Access to Maternal Health Commodities: A Systems Approach
Cross posted on Maternal Health Taskforce’s blog as part of the Maternal Health Commodities Blog Series. By Beth Yeager, SIAPS principal technical adviser for maternal and child health. Despite a decade of significant progress reducing maternal mortality rates, very few countries are on target to meet Millennium Development Goal #5A of reducing the maternal mortality ratio … Read more
