Accrediting retail drug shops to strengthen Tanzania’s public health system: an ADDO case study

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Authors

Edmund Rutta

Jafary Liana · Management and Development for Health

Martha Embrey

Keith Johnson

Suleiman Kimatta · Management and Development for Health

Richard Valimba · Management and Development for Health

Rachel Lieber

Elizabeth Shekalaghe

Hiiti Sillo · Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center

Abstract

Beyond improving the quality of medicines and dispensing services, availability of essential medicines, and the regulatory system, the impact of a nationwide accredited drug seller approach on the pharmaceutical sector promises to provide a model framework for private-sector pharmaceutical delivery in the developing world that is sustainable without ongoing donor support.

Topics & Keywords

Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Global Maternal and Child Health Healthcare Systems and Reforms

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 23-23

DOI: 10.1186/s40545-015-0044-4

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